exemption; exoneration; discharge
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
close; intimate; on good terms
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
relatively; comparatively
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
no need to guess; certainly
misanthropy; misanthropist
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
genius; prodigy; natural gift
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
nothing but; none other than
talented person; clever person
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
out of bounds; beyond the pale