the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
rehash; (boring) rerun; second brew of tea
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)
sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
with a start; with a jump
weightlessness; zero gravity
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)