calls and sounds made by insects
to push aside; to push one's way through
breaking off; snapping off
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
determination; resolution
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
being too late; losing one's final chance
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
right under; directly below
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
opposite bank; farther shore
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person