girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
every evening; night after night
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
had better ...; had better not ...
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
serious look (on one's face); straight face
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
way; method; means; resource; course
suffix for familiar person
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
stationing (troops); garrisoning
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
to throw away; to abandon
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
since; henceforth; ever since
by myself; in person; by oneself
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
fall of a castle; surrender of a castle; giving up (on something); giving in (to persuasion); yielding