valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to entrust; to leave to a person
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
lack of understanding; lack of sympathy
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to become calm; to die down
dozens; scores of; decades
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery; to have a sheen; to be slimy
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)