to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
covert action; covert operations
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
that is to say; so that means
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to lean against; to set against
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
to have a talk; to tell a story
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
instant; moment; for an instant
with a start; with a jump
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason