(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
otherwise; if not; or else
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
untouched; unused; intact
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
to stop raining or snowing
spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
an inch ahead; the immediate future
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
author; writer; novelist; artist
clerk; office worker; kulak
videophone; video telephone; video call
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever