lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
in proportion to; just as much as
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
impossible; unlikely; improbable
what people say; rumours; public opinion
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
mysterious power of words to alter reality
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
way of speaking; intimation
to change completely; to change suddenly
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)