aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
to break the silence; to break one's silence
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
special selection; finest pick; top pick
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
richness; fullness; lushness; body (esp. of food, wine, etc.); depth; weight
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
binding hand and foot; sleep paralysis; temporary feeling of paralysis; being tied down with money
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
incessant working; working non-stop
earth (color, colour); earthen; ashen; deathly pale
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
clearly; distinctly; vividly
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)