secret; private; surreptitious
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
fort; stronghold; fortification
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
great-grandmother; great-grandma
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to some extent; to a certain extent
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
when it becomes; when it comes to
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
survival; survivor; relic
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
the reason is ...; it is because ...
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness