pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to be eye-popping; to be staggering; to be amazing
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
space; interval; space character; whitespace
minute adjustment; fine tuning
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
one thin flat object; one sheet
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
it's not like; it isn't as if
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to carry; to bring (to a place)
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
irrational (line of) argument
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
there being no use in arguing (about it)
wife and children; (arch.) wife
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
return of something; repayment
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
sentiment; sentimentality
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
in the morning; during the morning