assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to look down on; to make light of
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
ordinary; common; mediocre
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
France; French (language)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
stopping at; going no further than
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to stop (plug) one's ears
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
to be free; to be available
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to discuss; to talk together
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
settlement; solution; resolution
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
waterproofing; making watertight
Briton; Englishman; (the) English
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck