rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
lightly; easily; carelessly
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
to be silent; to say nothing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
at least; at most; (even) just
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
in search of; in order to look for
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
don't worry; no worries; never mind
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
together; at the same time; same; identical
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly