the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
independent business; self-employment
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
of course; certainly; naturally
anything and everything; just about everything
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
embodiment; realization; materialization
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
deed; act; work; performance
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
adaptability; ability to apply knowledge to new situations; practical skills
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
(social) position; status
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time