alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
like a part of the family
head; brains; intelligence
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to stare back at; to look back at
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
something like ...; something called ...
scenery; scene; landscape
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
difficult to ...; hard to ...
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
to search for; to seek for; to look for
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin