to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
along the river; riverside
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
department store; department
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to do up one's shoelaces; to tie one's shoes; to lace up one's shoes
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
raging fire; conflagration
preface; introduction; preamble
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
this occasion; at this time; now
lost property; something dropped and left behind
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
long (time that has passed); old (story)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely