a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
ignition; catching fire; setting on fire
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
genuine article; real thing; real deal
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to have a talk; to tell a story
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
overhasty; rash; premature
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
(not) even once; (not) ever
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
question; inquiry; enquiry
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
to step forward; to take a step forward
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling