superstition; superstitious belief
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
rather than; more ... than ...
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
at the window; by the window; next to the window
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
careless (with something, esp. time, money, promises, etc.); lax; loose-fitting; relaxed-fit; laid-back (e.g. beat, rhythm); easygoing (e.g. atmosphere)
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
sign; indication; omen; symptom
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to be entwined; to be involved
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)