illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
several years; a few years
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
elegant; lively but restrained; quietly beautiful
to have a chill run down one's spine
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
tool; implement; means; furniture
in succession; one after another
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
such ... as; or some such
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
otherwise; or else; if not
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock