bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to remove; to move out of the way
several years; a few years
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
(a) study (e.g. in music, art, sculpture, etc.); etude; practice piece
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
craftsman; skilled artisan
complicated and mysterious
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
liquid cooled; liquid cooling
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
preparing (food) in advance; making in advance; pre-made; prepared in advance
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
several hundred; hundreds (of)
anything and everything; just about everything
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
self-deprecating; self-mocking
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight