payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to set (sun); to become dark
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to go past; to pass; to pass by
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
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
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
gradually; slowly but steadily
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly