vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
serious; severe; grave; acute
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
advance; moving forward; progress
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
female friend; woman friend
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
health; healthy; sound; fit
man; male; masculine gender
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to subsist; to keep on living