breadwinner; biggest earner
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
water's edge; beach; foreshore
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
warmly; cordially; with tender care
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
literature; books (reference); document
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
British person; Briton; English person; Englishman; Englishwoman
since when; from when; how long
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
chance; opportunity; occasion
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
intelligence operative; spy
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
to care for someone; to look after someone
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
hard worker; hardworking person
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.); never deviating from; persisting with; one's sole talent; one's only forte
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
at some point in the past; at some stage
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
one day; (on) a certain day
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
people; men and women; each person; everybody