pronunciation; production of sound
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to breathe out; to exhale
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to repeat; to do something over again
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
silver utensil; silverware
until now; so far; up to the present
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to attempt; to test; to try out
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
in the end; at the end of the day
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance