white hair; grey hair; gray hair
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
creation; Creation (by God)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
just because; even if; even though
question; inquiry; enquiry
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to approach; to draw near
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
contract; compact; agreement
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
important person; strategic person; key figure
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to force open; to push open
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to happen to meet; to come across
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots