lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to tighten; to press hard
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to squeeze out; to wring out
for the first time in one's life
dealing with; coping with
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to put one's hand on; to touch
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
how; in what way; by what means
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
water's edge; beach; foreshore
moisture; humidity; dampness
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
from the viewpoint of; according to
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel