ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
(having) life-and-death power (over)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to say; to tell; to state; to do
young person; youth; young
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
how long; how much; to what extent
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
chasing after women; womanizing
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
special selection; special approval; special prize; highest honours
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to be imaginable; to be conceivable