to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
second person; second-person address term (e.g. pronoun, personal name, kinship term, title); form of address used for the second person
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; dissection (e.g. of a problem); putting in order
foreign matter; impurities
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
conversely; on the contrary
such; like that; in that way
spiritual aspect; mental aspect; emotional aspect
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
unification; union; oneness
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
job application form; employee satisfaction
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to play dumb; to feign innocence
Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)
rather; sooner; preferably
to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation