work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
that is to say; so that means
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
fear; dread; fright; willies
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
nature; property; disposition
several times (as large, over)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
personality; style; appearance
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
to maintain; to continue to have
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
curse; spell; malediction
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way