brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
moment to quit; way to quit
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
as long as time allows; whenever one has the time; as time permits
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
to run through; to run past
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
decomposition; ulceration
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
with a collapse; with a slump
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to scuttle off; to take flight
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
stripe; streak; striation
column of cars; motorcade; convoy
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
(being) unable to look someone in the eye; (being) too ashamed to face (someone)
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
having no idea; having no clue
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless