intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
one-by-one; separately; in detail
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
end; close; conclusion; termination
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
servant; manservant; menial
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to triumph; to be elated with success
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
joy and anger; human emotions
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to be able to manage somehow or other
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
form; shape; figure; morph
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet
what's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; (lit.) spilt water won't go back into its tray
job; work; duties; trade; skill
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
free (of charge); gratuitous
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained