ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
long ago; a long time ago; already
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
material; substance; matter
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
at once; immediately; right now
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
good policy; wise policy; best plan
intuition; instinct; hunch
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
priority; order of precedence