quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
(a feeling of) identification (with); sense of belonging
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to press a question; to cross-examine
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
a little bit; a little while
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
unpredictability; element of surprise
sense of values; values; value system
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
rapid development; rapid unfolding
suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
accept one who comes to you
retirement (from the world); seclusion
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be