Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
attendance; participation; presence
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
true character; true heart; true spirit
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; attractive older man with some gray hair
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
man; male; masculine gender
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
melancholy; gloom; depression
leaving everything up to someone else
to throw open; to leave open
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
good feeling; feeling good
to be worn out (from domestic life)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
in perfect form; going swimmingly
trainer (someone who works with sports athletes); sweatshirt
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
base of the throat; bottom of the neck