lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
(countless) stars in the night sky; stardust
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
eternity; infinitude; immortality
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to kick over; to kick down
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
flood of emotions; many thoughts
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm (interest, commitment, etc.); difference in attitude
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt