to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
self control; self restraint
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
to congratulate; to celebrate
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to become distant; to recede
abstruse; occult; mysterious
spiritual world; mental world
engraver; carver; sculptor
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to tear off; to strip; to rob
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
main or important road; influential or important position; the authorities
to throw into; to dump in together
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
standing statue; standing image
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
explosion; rupture; break off
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
at first; in the beginning; originally
state of complete self-effacement; trance
bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters; crammed (e.g. with people); overflowing
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
wheat; barley; oat (oats)