handsome man; actor in a love scene
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
spine (of book); binding (of book)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
is something that; is that which
funny story; funny anecdote
to stop talking; to be silent
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to replace; to move; to change the position of
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
to be transparent; to leave a gap
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child