to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
bad news; news of a death; death notice
old friend; familiar face
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
aimlessly; without a goal
festival; feast; carnival
to talk to oneself; to mutter
at the same time; at a time; at one time; simultaneously
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
high street; town centre (center)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
three days and three nights
as you see; as you can see
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to get strong; to gain strength
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
rescue mission; evacuation operation
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr; irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; (arch.) crying of a baby
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to bawl; to cry; to scream
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve