attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
foolishness; silliness; stupid conduct; idiotic behavior
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
proposal; offer; request; application
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to blow through; to blow across
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
to take a breath; to take a short rest
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to ascend; to go up; to climb
cat lover; ailurophile; love of cats
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize