loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
suddenly; all of a sudden
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
Katharine; Katherine; Katheryn
short pause; short interval
to be needed; to be wanted
one end; an end; part; fragment
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
instead; but (on the other hand)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
(medical) doctor; physician
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
very likely; very probable
heaven and earth; top and bottom
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
hospitalization; hospitalisation