to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
entire world; whole world; world stage
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
reinforcement; strengthening
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
small; fine; detailed; stingy
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
to lose sight of; to miss
watering hole; watering place
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
process; course; mechanism
thorough; exhaustive; complete
at that time; in those days
little finger; pinky; little toe
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself