to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
bank; weir; embankment; levee
this is why; this means; it is the case that
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
as before; as ever; as it was originally
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
inspection; examination; checking
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to express (in words); to confess
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
friction; discord; strife
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
and so; therefore; for that reason
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to apply pressure to; to press
secret understanding; collusion; betrayal
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely