to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
work style; way of working
number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)
one's (living) environment
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
everyday life; daily life
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
thorough; exhaustive; complete
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to be found; to be discovered
commuting to school; school commute
3rd day of the month; three days
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
spa (mineral spring); spa (establishment with facilities for beauty treatment, weight loss, relaxation, etc.); health spa; spaghetti
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
in the end; at the end of the day
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
one's house; one's home; one's family
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)