depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
too much; excessively; too
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
Erman's birch (Betula ermanii); Russian rock birch
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
living thing; organism; creature; biology
high ground; plateau; heights
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
in the mountains; among the mountains
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to lose one's way; to get lost
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
desperation; struggle to the death
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to fly around; to scatter
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to tumble down; to roll down
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person
inspection; examination; checking
(electric) torch; flashlight
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)