to clear up; to become cloudless
first quarter moon; waxing half-moon
delayed interment (so that mourners can pay their respects)
all-night vigil over a body; wake
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
quiet; still; surreptitious
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
to be too late; to be too slow
for a while; for some time; for a period
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
essence; true nature; substance; reality
failure; mistake; blunder
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
sincere; honest; faithful
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control