one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
evening; night; nighttime
living; lifestyle; living room
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to complete decisively; to do to completion
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
there is nothing; having nothing
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
determination; resolution
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
old friend; familiar face
to open (one's eyes) wide
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished