telecommunications; correspondence
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
advance; moving forward; progress
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
stirring; slight movement
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
just managing; with great difficulty
to squeeze out; to wring out
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
request; favour (to ask); wish; please