being left out; being ostracized
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
surrounding at a distance
literature; books (reference); document
to be absorbed in reading
open; spacious; extensive
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
individual action; unilateral act
same crime; being equally guilty
secret; private; surreptitious
flying column; detached force
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
commitment; pledge; promise
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful