strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
fragment; one of the group or party
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
dripping; drop; trickle; water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in the summer
professional killer; hit man
questions and answers; dialogue
sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
will; testament; last request
sound of a button or switch being pressed
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
urgency; exigency; emergency
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to cut off (a relationship)
to Google; to search for information on the WWW
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
edge of town; outskirts of a village
many; much; plenty; hardly
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind