before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
ninth day of the month; nine days
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to order; to command; to appoint
periodic; regular; routine
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
going to the hospital for regular treatment
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
(with a) start; fright; alarm