dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
in addition; besides this; twice
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
for one's true nature to come out
garden (esp. with trees); park
suspension bridge; rope bridge
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to worry about; to be vexed
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
jingle; ding; ringing of small bells
ground glass; frosted glass
what date?; what's the date?; when?
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
prevention; precaution; protection against
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
time axis; time basis; timeline
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
distortion; falsification; perversion
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
consequently; as a result
biological younger brother