whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
this world; this life; this generation; present day
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
immoral; illicit; unethical
abundant; rich; ripe; mellow
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
wicked thought; wicked mind
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip