defeat; loss; reverse; setback
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
(divine) providence; dispensation
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
this and that; one thing or another
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
side effect; adverse reaction
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
invitation; introduction; temptation
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to get help; to enlist aid
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify