futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
invitation; introduction; temptation
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
(disposable) shopping bag; carrier bag
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
events of the day; current affairs
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
when it becomes; when it comes to
chilly; unpleasantly cold
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
incident; affair; happening; event
to feel; to sense; to experience
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
modesty; self-control; discretion
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
silence; stillness; quietness
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to have a reason; to have an excuse
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound