faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to fill a hole with earth
as if nothing had happened
on the occasion of; at the time of
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
war situation; progress of a battle
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to break a dam; to burst out
disorder; chaos; confusion
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
pale; pallid; bluish-white
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
substantial matter; significant item
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
flame reaction; flame test; flame coloration test
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
to find out; to discover; to locate
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)