as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
(not) even once; (not) ever
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
difference; variation; difference
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to pick up; to find; to gather
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
how many years; how long; what year
to dye; to colour; to color
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre