uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to kick (at someone, something)
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
after a short time; presently
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
finishing blow; coup de grâce
surely; certainly; without doubt
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
complete recovery of health
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
absentmindedness; peace of mind
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to take away; to carry away
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
hard to reach place; remote place
flood of customers; roaring business