as if nothing had happened
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
distant look; faraway look
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
straight; as the crow flies
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
for example; for instance; e.g.
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
agreement; assent; Norway
way out; means to escape; escape route
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
hedge; fence; border; limit
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity