to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
pure and innocent; immaculate
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
resentment; indignation; anger
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
absence; disregard; indifference
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
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.)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch
to blow (a horn, etc.); to sound
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)