towering; astonishingly high
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to shake one's head (in denial)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
something like ...; something called ...
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to become empty; to be emptied
to pick up; to find; to gather
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)