to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
imagination; supposition; guess
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
like this; in this way; as you see
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
much less; to say nothing of
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope
in succession; one by one
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
one part; one portion; one section
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention