depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
at least; at most; (even) just
to rain incessantly; to downpour
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
blue-chip stock; gilt-edged stock
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to think too much; to be over-concerned
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
a long time (since the last time)
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; (arch.) (moving) slowly
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather