serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
deviation; departure; omission
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
to subsist; to keep on living
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
that day; the very same day
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
chroma; chroma saturation; color saturation (colour)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
moron; idiot; stupid person
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
just past noon; afternoon
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
seeing one off; farewell; escort
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to gather; to collect; to assemble
desperately; for one's dear life
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
reader model; amateur model who appears in fashion magazines
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to be worn down; to be reduced
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; swim bladder; air bladder
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to shout (in anger); to yell
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
author; writer; novelist; artist
had better ...; had better not ...