to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
in succession; one by one
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
tort; illegal act; illegal activity; offence; offense
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
a person without a single relative
(by force of) circumstances
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
day and night; around the clock
to come and go; to go back and forth
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
question; inquiry; enquiry
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
late at night; at a late hour
to take away; to carry away
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious