holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
fort; stronghold; fortification
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
amiable; affable; likable
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
even though; despite; when
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
suffix for familiar person
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to become possible; to become able to (do)
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
body guard; military escort
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
hiding one's embarrassment
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
late summer heat; lingering summer heat