fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to visit frequently; to haunt
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to accept; to receive; to agree
long time; long interval; for quite some time
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
genuine article; real thing; real deal
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
alone; by oneself; on one's own
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
unhappiness; sad fate; misfortune
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
(somebody else's) parents; both parents