invitation; introduction; temptation
abstention; nonparticipation
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
intelligence gathering; information gathering
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to mark a correct answer with a circle
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
fragment; one of the group or party
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
dark clouds; black clouds
to sprinkle (of rain, etc.)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
hot water (for drinking); tea; bath; bathhouse