to pass (of time); to elapse
genuine article; real thing; real deal
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
composition; constitution
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
considerably; fairly; quite
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
even though; despite; when
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
suited figure; person in a suit
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way