recommendation; referral; endorsement
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
to be sensitive to smoke; to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
amount of damages or loss
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
partly open; in half bloom
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
to pull one's hair back into a bun
human kindness; human weakness