futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
article; news story; report; account
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
anything and everything; just about everything
to do for (the sake of someone else)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to shine in (light); to illuminate
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
(electric) torch; flashlight
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)