hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
(a person's) appearance; looks
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
convenient; handy; useful
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to sweep clean; to brush clean
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
to make (with great attention to detail); to produce; to craft; to build (something) into
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
comparatively; relatively
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
escapement (clock mechanism)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
to compose; to put together
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction