intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to grow taller (of people)
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
no matter how much time passes
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
anything and everything; just about everything
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
impression given by a painting or image
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
event; phenomenon; matter
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
deciding match; play-off; runoff
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
(not so) much; (not) very