expression of love; showing love
innumerable; countless; numberless
being very busy; busyness
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
completely; fully; entirely
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
metre; meter; meter; gauge
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
perfect; just right; ideal
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
I see; that's right; indeed
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused