biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
thrill ride (at an amusement park)
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
cartoon-character costume
(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
to lay aside; to set aside
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
personnel (of public building)
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
one by one; one at a time; in turn
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to apologize; to apologise
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
using as an intermediary; through
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone