good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
invitation; introduction; temptation
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
the future; future prospects
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
height (of a person); stature
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to be found; to be discovered
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to take back; to recapture
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
three days and three nights
joints; points (of a speech)
to come loose (of clothing); to come undone (e.g. of a dress); to become dishevelled; to be worn out of shape
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead