fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to exert oneself; to make efforts
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
condolence; sympathy; mourning
paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object; paper doll used in purification rites
concealment; suppression; hiding
desperately; for one's dear life
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
overconfident; presumptuous
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to quicken one's pace (steps)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
simple honesty; tactless frankness
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to