dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
old friend; old acquaintance
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field
is something that; is that which
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
recollection; reminiscence
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
plural; multiple; several
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
military police brigade (land army)
mobilization; mobilisation
a considerable number; a fair number
alertly; vigilantly; warily; diligently; attentively
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)