miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
having said that; be that as it may
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
making a fuss; Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
true state; actual condition; reality
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
command; lead; generalship; leadership
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
audience; spectator; spectators
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to be enchanted; to be charmed
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
-less; lacking; non-existing
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
first of all; in the first place
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
to join together; to patch together
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
to intertwine; to twist together
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
suspicious-looking; fishy