tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to recall; to remember; to recollect
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
nothing but; except; no more than
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
wicked thought; wicked mind
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
serious look (on one's face); straight face
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
near oneself; close to one; familiar
existence; being; presence
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to draw the line; to set a boundary; to make a clear distinction
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
meaning; significance; sense
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
corridor; hallway; passageway
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
next; secondly; subsequently
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that