colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
brown; light brown; tawny
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
single word; a few words; brief comment
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
just because; even if; even though
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
difficult (to obtain, receive permission, access, etc.); tough (to do, etc.)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
to talk; to chat; to chatter
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
being startled; getting a shock
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part