hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
stationery shop; a stationer
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
young person; youth; young
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
composed expression; clear face
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
gradually; slowly but steadily
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)
obsession with changing one's appearance; desire to change
firm; strong; solid; stable
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
many; much; plenty; hardly
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
to be badly made; to fail
to continue to do; to persist in doing
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with