very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
older employee who does not have much actual work
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
clerical desk; office desk
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
24th day of the month; 24 days
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
to think too much; to be over-concerned
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
projection (of a shadow); casting (a reflection); (geometric) projection; reflection (of feelings, experiences, etc.); projection
technique; art; skill; move
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
to overflow from something full
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...