to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to lie down; to throw oneself down
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
box cutter; utility knife
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to thrust before; to thrust at
news of someone's death; obituary
naturally; of course; understandably
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical