up until now; as recently as the present
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
how long; how far; how much
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to squeeze out; to wring out
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
calm; composed; leisurely
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned