screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
though; notwithstanding; although
silence (not speaking); muteness
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
pistachio (Pistacia vera)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to feel; to sense; to experience
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
for example; for instance; e.g.
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
together; at the same time; same; identical
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that