someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
hey there; I say; see here
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to need; to call for; to require
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to awake from one's sleep
maximum; max; mux (multiplexor)
place; room; margin; scope
from the viewpoint of; according to
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to have a smattering knowledge of
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
not necessarily so; is not always true
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
best friend; very close friend
around the clock; day and night
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
to run about; to rush about
isolation; being alone; being friendless
people; men and women; each person; everybody
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
using as an intermediary; through