dusk; nightfall; twilight
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
together; mutually; fellow
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
assertion; declaration; affirmation
still; even now; to this day
to be too numerous; to be too much
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
in the same manner as before; the same as always
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
mask of a devil; startling appearance; devil's face
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year
reading circle; reading group; book club
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to be opposite; to face each other
hardcover book; hardback book
complete works; complete collection; complete series
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
literary criticism or theory
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard