gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
infection; contagion; becoming infected
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to speak; to hear a voice
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to become possible; to become able to (do)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
training; drill; practice; discipline
those (near the second person)
meaning; significance; sense
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
desperately; for one's dear life
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to face; to go towards; to head towards
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
reality; actuality; hard fact
to bring back; to restore
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)