one's original family name; maiden name
surname; family name; last name
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
now that you say that; now that you mention it
hostility; animosity; enmity
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
superman; superhuman person; Superman (superhero)
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
speaking voice; talking voice
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
unidentifiable; unidentified
tradition; legend; folklore
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
guidance; leadership; leading the way
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
description; describing; depicting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to begin to walk; to set out
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession