backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
proposal; proposition; suggestion
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
discovery; detection; finding
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
front; frontage; facade; main
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
how many people; a number of people
guard; sentinel; garrison
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
stairs; stairway; staircase
to search for; to seek for; to look for
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size