total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
beforehand; in advance; previously
I have nothing to do with it
to give; to do (something) for
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to stick it out (until the end)
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
the West; the Occident; Western countries
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
still better; even better
reluctant to; not inclined to; disinclined; unwilling
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
to carry around; to carry on one's person
broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
ringlets; ringlet curls; sausage curls
to be exhausted; to be tired out
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon