to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
difference; disparity; gap
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
to turn against; to become an enemy
silence; stillness; quietness
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
consists of; comprises; is made up of
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
masturbation; self consolation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
preparatory phase; preparatory period
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
whichever one chooses; either way
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)