eightfold; octuple; multilayered; doubled
cool; indifferent; nonchalant; calm
to quit one's job; to resign
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
successor; replacement; second wife
hard worker; hardworking person
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
choux (pastry); cream puff
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
MIDI; musical instrument digital interface
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
killing time; staving off boredom
study; pursuit of knowledge
opinion; intention; thought
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
a long time ago; in those days
proud; having a prominent nose
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to give the stamp of approval
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division
to come face to face (with)
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
to knock down; to send flying
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
dozens; scores of; decades
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer