freedom; free man; free woman
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
mountain road; mountain trail
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to come and go; to go back and forth
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
wandering; rambling; roaming
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
head; lead; vanguard; first
person concerned; interested party; related party
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
contours of one's body; figure
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
tall figure; high stature
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
interruption; interference; butting in
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
footwear; footgear; shoes
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
covered in mud; mud-caked
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
rain and wind; driving rain
periodic; regular; routine