this spring; spring this year
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
old friend; old acquaintance
armory; armoury; ordnance department
late at night; at a late hour
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to name; to call; to christen; to term
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
height (of body); stature
every evening; night after night
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
military affairs; military service
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
storehouse; warehouse; godown
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
safe; vault; storage cabinet
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
to press a question; to cross-examine
sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
having ended; being resolved
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge