to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
eardrum; tympanic membrane
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
gradually; slowly but steadily
that's the way it is; such is life
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick