back; rear; background; behind the scenes
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
is something that; is that which
to be remembered; to go down in history
well-known; noted; celebrated
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
condition; state of preservation
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal