marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
to turn against; to become an enemy
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to comfort; to console; to amuse
sincerity; true heart; devotion
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
older sister; elder sister
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to breathe out; to exhale
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)