talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
triumphant return; returning in triumph
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
festival merrymaking; revelry
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
agricultural land; farmland
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
sowing; seeding; planting
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
riskiness; (level of) danger
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink