earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
ordinary person; unenlightened person
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
Genesis (book of the Bible)
marriage proposal; courtship
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to throw at; to turn; to raise
and then; and so; and; so then
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
defeating in an instant; instant kill
to chase; to run after; to pursue
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one end; an end; part; fragment
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image