rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
particulars; details; specified items
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
hostility; animosity; enmity
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to make a vow; to take an oath
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to subsist; to keep on living
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
since some time or another; since who-knows-when