I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
guard; security (officer); guardsman
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to check; to stop; to keep back
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
anything and everything; just about everything
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out