recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
reopening; resumption; restarting
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
to shake; to waver; to tremble
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
in the meanwhile; during the time
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
serious look (on one's face); straight face
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that