to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to fall asleep; to sleep deeply
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
opposite side; other side
silence; stillness; quietness
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to brave a danger; to take a risk
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
crying face; face of a person who is crying
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach