careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
succeeding; following; trailing; next
still (continuing); as ever; further
to make an appearance; to show up
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to hide; to conceal oneself
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); orang-utan; orangutang
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
competing; competition; auction
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in