time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
for this very reason; that is exactly why
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
at that time; in those days
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
summer vacation; summer holiday
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to close (one's eyes); to shut
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval