to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
threshold (amount, dose, etc.)
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
how long; how far; how much
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
very rich person; the super rich
black joke; black comedy; morbid humor
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim
judgment; judgement; discernment
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause