comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
close; intimate; on good terms
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
ten-year-old; ten year old
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
the ocean; the great deep
to travel; to take a trip; to make a journey
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
pieces; scraps; disconnected
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
whistle (sound made with the lips)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
such; like that; that sort of
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate