guidance; leadership; leading the way
department store; department
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
wale (on the skin); welt; weal
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
well known; well connected
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
elopement; running away with a lover
to settle (in a place); to settle down
guardian; protector; patron; parent
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
contract; compact; agreement
to be fated to; be linked by fate
distant look; faraway look
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
hills and fields; countryside
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
since that time; since then; from that point (on)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
fast-talking; rapid talking
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed