style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to comfort; to console; to amuse
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
pineapple (Ananas comosus)
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
walking around at night; night travel; night train
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
fake; something false; sham; deception
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
un-; non-; negative prefix
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
well bottom; narrow place
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
no exception; without exception; always the same
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
go that far; to that extent
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit