the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
bumping into (each other)
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to be too late; to be too slow
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
spot; point; place; position
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to take command; to give direction
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged