planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
being about to cry; the verge of tears
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
surrounding at a distance
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
several years; a few years
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
light (e.g. colour, color)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
very much; very many; more and more
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly