substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
clear; distinct; evident; definite
thought; consideration; thinking
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
even more; still more; further
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
entreaty; supplication; petition
just managing; with great difficulty
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 pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to talk; to carry meaning
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
to throw away; to abandon
(period of) a year; during an era
on the way back; returning
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
senior high school; high school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
excursion; field trip; school trip