story; tale; talk; discussion
that is to say; so that means
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; collection (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
secondary; of secondary importance
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
Secretary-General of the United Nations
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
mass communication; mass media
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
image of the Buddha entering nirvana