understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
the West; the Occident; Western countries
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
good (place to leave off); convenient
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
physical law; laws of physics
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
while; during; performed in this condition
irony of fate; twist of fate
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
Anatidae (duck family of birds)
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
unnatural or untimely (death)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
revelry; tumultuous party; wild party; uproarious banquet
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
seven (long cylindrical things)
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)