departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
washing (somebody else's body); scrubbing each other
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
waxing and waning of the moon; phase of the moon; rising and falling (of fortune)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
bad influence; negative influence
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
every evening; night after night
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!