frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
everything; anything; nothing
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
with a clink; with a soft thud; with a faint snap (e.g. of a book closing); suddenly; all of a sudden
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
it's no joke; gimme a break!
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to be thrilled; to be excited
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
body and soul; mind and body
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
that; the matter in question
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind