your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
physical strength; muscle strength
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss
willpower; energy; vitality
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch
thereupon; shortly thereafter
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
had better ...; had better not ...
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
naturally; of course; understandably
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
alley house; rear tenement; slum
(starting) from nothing; from scratch