proposal; proposition; suggestion
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
development; exploitation
to choke; to have trouble breathing
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
wherein; therein; thereinto
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
transparency; degree of clearness
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
dangerous position; peril
the first and second; a few
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
many; much; plenty; hardly
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
every place; various places
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard