preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
feeling sick (suddenly); feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry (suddenly); being offended; being disgusted
hiding one's embarrassment
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
even more; still more; further
finger flick to the forehead
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
pure heart; naivete; innocence
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
feeling keenly; fully realizing
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
about when; about what time; how soon
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to arrive home; to return