to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to attempt; to test; to try out
professor; teaching; instruction
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to feel; to sense; to experience
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
other side; opposite side; other party
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
alone; by oneself; on one's own
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
several people; a few people
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark