grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
older brother; elder brother
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
older brother and younger sister
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
being intrusive; intrusive person
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
without cause; without reason
to force one's way through
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to become pale; to turn pale
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate