commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
this is why; this means; it is the case that
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
posterity; future generations
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
well-known; noted; celebrated
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to turn (a matter) over in one's mind; to think deeply
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
outside world; physical world
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
with a start; with a jump
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
being startled; getting a shock
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to push to one side; to put aside
just managing; with great difficulty
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
right beside; close to; nearby
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to attempt; to test; to try out
to push aside; to brush aside
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special