miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to entwine; to follow about
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
marshland; wetland; swampland
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
to be found; to be discovered
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
to push (something) against
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke