honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to get on well (with someone); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse
to intervene; to stop (something)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
arbitration; intercession; mediation
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
death by suffocation; death by choking
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
valuable article; valuables
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
to take command; to give direction
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
at work; in the midst of work; working
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place