to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
since when; from when; how long
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
deadly disease; fatal disease; final illness
long; drawn-out; very long
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to use up all one's strength
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
(not) a single person; (no) one
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
polite; courteous; hospitable
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
commencing with; including
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
at first; in the beginning; originally
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse