in the meanwhile; during the time
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
match; game; bout; contest
street at night; making a night journey
travellers' inn; stage inn
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to sob; to be choked with tears
had better ...; had better not ...
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
house; dwelling; human habitation
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
here and there; in places
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
side of the road; roadside
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)