shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to blow through; to blow across
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to be born; to come into the world
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
almost every day; almost daily
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
other than; excluding; without
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
having said that; on the other hand
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to name; to call; to christen; to term
father and mother; parents
godparent; first person to give something its name
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)