wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
to pile up; to accumulate
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
skill; dexterity; proficiency
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
result; effect; performance; success
to keep a record; to keep a tally
breeding; raising; rearing
to refer to; to use as reference
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
evening; last night; yesterday evening
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
deep voice; rich voice; full voice
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
inexpert or untrained eyes
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
waste; uselessness; redundance