actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
this world; this life; world of the living
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
perception; intuition; the sixth sense