conclusion; decision; end; settlement
correspondence; exchange of letters
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
another; different; separate; discrete
vista; background; perspective; distant view
short break; breather; brief recess; rest
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
garden lantern; hanging lantern
Machisu; Matisse; Matthies
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
tingling; stinging; pungently
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to untangle; to untwine; to get back together (with a former partner)
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to avoid; to dodge; to evade
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
former husband; late husband
open air; outdoors; outside
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
well-made; well-done; great success
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
appearance and disappearance
Nanjing (China); Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to shuffle one's feet; to trample underfoot
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty