sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to examine someone's expression
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
if you think about it; come to think of it
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
opposite; reverse; contrary
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts