incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
posterity; future life; life to come
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student
castaway story (e.g. Robinson Crusoe); drifter's adventure tale
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
sex shop; adult shop; porn shop
to be absorbed in reading
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
sexual experience (with men)
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
to burst open; to pop; to split
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
half-wit; fool; simpleton
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree