target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
store interior; inside of a shop
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
had better ...; had better not ...
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
to put one's strength into
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to incur someone's enmity
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged