you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
expertise; experience; knowledge
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
recommendation; referral; endorsement
bad things happen to those who attempt things; (lit.) if a dog walks they will hit a stick; good luck may come unexpectedly
passing mark (examination); passing grade
campus life; student life; life as a university student
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
around the clock; day and night
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
present form; present tense
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
dishonesty; injustice; dishonor; dishonour; ingratitude
treachery; betrayal; perfidy