to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
secret history; hidden history; unknown historical facts
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
number of copies; circulation
private house; one's own house
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
preface; foreword; introduction
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
Rosa; Loeser; Roosa; Rosza
one's original family name; maiden name
posterity; future life; life to come
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery
historic; historical; traditional
breakthrough; great discovery
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
place; situation; position; location
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)