ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
innermost depths of one's heart
to shave off; to scrape off
old age; old person; the old; the aged
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to use up all one's strength
to die; to lay down life's burden
to come to one's senses; to calm down
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
bungalow; one-story house
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
half the body; half length
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
training; drill; practice; discipline
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
close; intimate; on good terms
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter