bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
rather; sooner; preferably
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
finishing blow; coup de grâce
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
industrial area; factory zone
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
how many people; a number of people
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
preliminary investigation; preparation
to lose one's way; to get lost
residence; housing; residential building
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to be hesitant; to feel timid
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
a few minutes later; after a few minutes