hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
gradually; slowly but steadily
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
constrained; uncomfortable; awkward
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to devour; to bite to death
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
other people's affairs; someone else's problem