flight; desertion; escape
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
different opinion; objection
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
how many people; a number of people
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
ostentation; show; affectation
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
pride; dignity; self-respect