scene; view; prospect; outlook
care (e.g. medical); attention; nursing; kea (Nestor notabilis)
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
plaintive; piteous; doleful
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
to sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
inscrutable; incomprehensible
passage; path; route; one's way
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening