apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
with a start; with a jump
to go out and away; to leave
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
close to the wall; alongside the wall
risky; dangerous; insecure
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
late at night; at a late hour
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
audience; attendance; hearers
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
human relations; personal relationships
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
that day; the very same day
(within a) territory; domains
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
result; effect; performance; success
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast