fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
small cabinet; chest of drawers; bureau
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
to begin some form of lifestyle
coming and going; commuting
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
whispered conversation; whispering
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
(period of) a year; during an era
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to push (something) against
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
to be erected; to be built
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
absorption; suction; attraction
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
contract; compact; agreement
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory