compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to be touching; to be moving
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
protest; refutation; pleading
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
(place) out of sight; (somewhere) out of eyeshot
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
belatedly; though a little too late
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
watershed; divide; turning point; watershed (moment); moment of truth
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
what kind of; what sort of; what
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
10th day of the month; ten days
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to waste; to sacrifice; to spoil; to ruin; to lose; to forfeit
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing