forevermore; for eternity
going upstream; sailing against the current
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
(in) his way; peculiar to him
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
a long time ago; long ago
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
expressing one's mind; speaking out
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky
anything and everything; just about everything
a long, long time ago; very long ago
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
separation; farewell; parting
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish