wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
race (of people); type of person
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
good news; glad tidings; gospel (teachings or revelations of Christ)
dissolute mind; hardened heart
comfort; consolation; diversion
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
this or that person; anybody; many people
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
event; phenomenon; matter
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to discuss; to talk together
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
discovery; detection; finding
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)