quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
absorption; suction; attraction
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
one-by-one; separately; in detail
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
practice; practising; experience
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
effect; result; worth; use; avail
that; the matter in question
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
just because; even if; even though
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement