ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
eccentric; crank; oddball
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
creation (of the universe); the Creation
deed; act; work; performance
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
limiter (electronics); (speed) limiter
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
principal occupation; core business
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
in advance; beforehand; previously
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
high-class restaurant; high-end store
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
here and there; everywhere
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
much less; to say nothing of
presence; sitting with; being with
pride; dignity; self-respect
hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation
many; numerous; various; large number of
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)