clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
to carry around; to carry on one's person
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
already; now; no longer; not any more
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
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.)
repentance; confession; penitence
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
much less; to say nothing of
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer