near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
honour; honor; glory; privilege
good performance; good work; great success
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
urgent; requiring quick (response)
fortune-telling; divination
if it is the case that ...
middle of the night; dead of night
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
straight-laced person; stubborn person
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to anger; to displease; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
to squeeze out; to wring out
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to watch steadily; to stare
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to burst open; to pop; to split
not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving