horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
bellyband; maternity belt; (saddle) girth
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
selection; choice; picking out
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
house; dwelling; human habitation
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
at first; initially; in the beginning
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
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.)
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)