precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
that day; the very same day
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
shady; underhanded; questionable
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in