plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
truth is stranger than fiction
reality; actuality; hard fact
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to take over; to hand over
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
the last moment; the very end
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
stale; hackneyed; cliched
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
repentance; confession; penitence
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
(in) his way; peculiar to him
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to manage something successfully; to be successful
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)