traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
moneymaking; earning money
very hungry; starving; ravenous
passage; path; route; one's way
night watch; fire watchman
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
urban area; urban district
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
evening meal; dinner; supper
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
breathing of a sleeping person
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to throw away; to abandon
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
(how) many times; (how) often
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles; cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up
loitering on the way; wayside grass
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
cake served with tea; teacake
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault