to shake off; to throw off
being startled; getting a shock
edge of town; outskirts of a village
untouched; unused; intact
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
descendant; progeny; offspring
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
each place; various places
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo; bum
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
overwhelming; overpowering; prevailing
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
high-quality goods; choice goods
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb; unborn baby
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external