to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
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
depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.); heart; inner mysteries; profound; deep; esoteric
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
all sorts of; all kinds of
miscellaneous thoughts (on); miscellaneous impressions
killing (someone) with a curse; putting a deadly curse on (someone)
to loosen the reins; to let up on (someone)
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
to affect; to impact; to influence
trees and stones; unfeeling person
yeah; you're right; that's right
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
to sit down; to take a seat
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
thoughtfulness; deliberation; prudence
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
loosely dangling; lightly swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to be hurt (of honour, reputation, etc.); to be harmed; to be sullied
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage