frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
gradually; slowly but steadily
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to get someone to say; to make someone say
should time and circumstances permit
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
scenery; scene; landscape
to become settled; to be fixed
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively