somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
messenger; envoy; emissary
revisiting; visiting again
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
tedious; boring; being fed up with
true state; actual condition; reality
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
manner of speaking; manner of expression
to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise
one-man business; sole proprietor; sole proprietorship; individual owner-manager
narrow; cramped; tight; fussy; narrow-minded
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
human kindness; human weakness
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
while; even though; despite
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
product; produce; result; fruit
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
visual confirmation; sighting