to get thin; to taper off
evening; night; nighttime
to call out; to ask someone to come
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
wounded person; injured person
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
if it is (the case that ...)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
supreme leader; ultimate leader
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
same generation; one's generation
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
with a clink (click, clack)
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
to emboss; to carve in relief; to bring to the fore; to accentuate; to throw into relief
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
metal fittings; metal fixtures
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
successive generations; successive emperors
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain