bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
joint work; collaboration
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
now that; since; so long as; because
deliverables; delivered product
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
persecution complex; delusion of persecution; paranoia
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
one by one; one each; one at a time
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
only; merely; but; no more than
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
repeat; repeating; repeat (broadcast); rerun; repeat sign; repeat consumption
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
family-oriented; familial
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
theme; motif; melodic subject
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
23rd day of the month; 23 days
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
finish; finishing; finishing touches
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny