when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
real intention; true motive; true meaning
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
mask; disguise; guise; mask
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
fraud; trickery; hoax; surely; absolutely; certainly
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
how dare ...; how could ...
amount of light; quantity of light
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
in name only; titular; nominal
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
in succession; one after another
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
even more; still more; further
indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
carelessly; inattentively
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
author (usu. of a particular book); writer