to ascertain; to check; to make sure
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
review; reconsideration; revision
timewasting; killing time
memory; sense; experience
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
on the way back; returning
fairly long period of time; (arch.) four-hour period
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
all night; throughout the night
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
sudden shower; sudden downpour
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
passion; temper; irritability
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
height (of body); stature
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
beyond that point; after that
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
light; faint; pale; fleeting
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
student (esp. a university student)