to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
year in, year out; always; 24-7
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
setting a place; setting the table
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
common people; ordinary people; masses
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
self control; self restraint
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
important matter; matters of weight
if it is the case that ...
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
vast; boundless; vague; obscure