sublime; noble; high-minded
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
usefulness; utility; being orderly; being proper
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); starting a new life; starting life anew
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
spitting image; dead ringer; exact resemblance
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to knock down; to knock out
prince on a white horse; knight on a white horse; Prince Charming
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic
at some point in the past; at some stage
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
March; third month of the lunar calendar
20th day of the month; 20 days