pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
to run around; to bustle about
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to set (sun); to become dark
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
long time; several hours; long spell
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to join forces; to cooperate
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
appearing together (in a film, play, etc.); performing together (at a concert, etc.); acting together; co-starring; playing together (in a sports match)
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
going to and from school; school commute
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom; rock in the Rhine
to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
genuine article; real thing; real deal
race (of people); type of person