gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
both; both sides; both parties
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
somehow; for some reason or other
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism