emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
rather; sooner; preferably
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
that is to say; so that means
just because; even if; even though
to stop (plug) one's ears
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
came here; coming here; recently
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to like; to love; to be fond of
process; course; mechanism
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
possible; likely; probable
to be reminded of; to call to mind
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to look as if one is important; to swagger around
appointment; rendezvous; date
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch