book; volume; this; present; main; head
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
reading partway; leaving half-read
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
to state; to express; to mention
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to lie down; to throw oneself down
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
guess; conjecture; surmise
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
consequence; result; conclusion
exploitation; overuse; abuse
critical point (temperature)
proper; right; reasonable
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
complete; whole; perfect; safe
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
relatively; comparatively
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to have a smattering knowledge of
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes