local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
prudence; discretion; thought
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
that is to say; so that means
it hasn't been long since
trust building; confidence building
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
curtain; hanging; bunting
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to beat to death; to kill
to this extent; to this degree; this much
aloneness; loneliness; solitude