to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to say no more; to sink into silence
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
self-centered; stuck on oneself
thought; consideration; thinking
how long; how much; to what extent
selection; choice; option
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
private tutor; coach; governess
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to solicit; to demand; to extort
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
and; thereupon; because of that
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to give a broad grin; to smirk
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
(in) his way; peculiar to him
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
such; like that; that sort of; very
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication