barbarian tribe; savage tribe
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to have a rumor circulating
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious
future (usually near); prospects
adultery; fornication; illicit intercourse
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
hermetically seal; sealing (e.g. envelope)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
don't worry; there's no need to worry
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to be born; to come into the world
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
certain; definite; clear; credible
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to wither while standing; to die standing (of plants)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
pregnancy; conception; gestation
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular