invisibly; secretly; privately
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
Dominica; Commonwealth of Dominica; the Lord's Day; Sunday
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
crematory; place where things are burned
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
disaster; calamity; misfortune
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
article; news story; report; account
three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)
bottom step; bottom stair; last line; last column; bottom row (e.g. drawers)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
sympathy; compassion; pity
obscurity; mystery; abstruseness
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
pus; corruption; rot; evils
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
sick person; patient; invalid
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
placing of body in coffin
to let out a cry; to shout
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest