enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
patrolling; making one's rounds
ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
police officer; policeman; constable
every year; yearly; annually
homeless person; vagabond; tramp
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
sign; indication; omen; symptom
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
sinking into obscurity; being ruined
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
isolation; being alone; being friendless
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to throw away; to abandon
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not