I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
only; merely; but; no more than
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
how; in what way; how about; questionable
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
meaning; significance; sense
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
perfect; complete; flawless
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
exorcism rite; purification
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing