to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
grandfather; male senior-citizen
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to be kind to; to treat kindly
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to set up; to raise; to nominate; to choose as a representative; to push; to shove
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
anything and everything; just about everything
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
young girl; lass; adolescent female