absence; disregard; indifference
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
society; public; community; social studies
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering
(in) the air; midair; sky
to provide; to arrange; to install
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to read (a book, etc.) over again
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
since when; from when; how long
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
(punishment by) striking with fists
(clenched) fist; knuckles
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to be discouraged; to shrink from
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
face contorted and about to cry
came here; coming here; recently
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
in public; in company; in the presence of others