dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
to gaze out at; to look out over
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to steal or sneak or slip into
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
evening; last night; yesterday evening
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
another thing; other things; another man's property
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to become pale; to turn pale
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
tradition; legend; folklore
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific