genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
interview (with a doctor); history taking
ten-year-old; ten year old
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
in public; in company; in the presence of others
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
cannibalism; anthropophagism
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
complicated and mysterious
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
to cause a person trouble
independence; self-reliance
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
recompense; indemnity; atonement
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
isolation; being alone; being friendless
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal