to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
foreign; abroad; overseas
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
reason; cause; circumstances
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos); Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
the place for; the time for; the level of
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
great man; great god; hero; big man
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
many; numerous; various; large number of
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill