the other day; lately; recently; during this period
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
health; healthy; sound; fit
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
(not) a single person; (no) one
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
this (very thing); this precisely
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
mountain range; mountain belt
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to be enraged; to flip out
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
(being) over capacity; overloading; overbooking
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped