consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
insatiable; untiring; persistent
proper; respectable; decent; honest
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; inexperienced (in love); innocent; birth-
(social) class; rank; grade
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
yearned for; longed for; missed
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to gain nothing; to be of no benefit; to be no use; to be unprofitable
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
home; household; family; hearth
smoking room; smoking compartment
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently