secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
Arctic Circle; the Arctic
town; city; municipal; urban
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
vigorously (burning); furiously; fiercely
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
life; living; I; me; student
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
even though; despite; when
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
companion; company; tritagonist
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
number one; first; best; most; game; round
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)