night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
clearly; brightly; crisply
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
many; a lot; much; multitude
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
place; room; margin; scope
to complain; to lodge a complaint
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
trough; gutter; water pipe; coulisse (of a sword blade)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
craving; longing; thirsting
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
longing; great desire; aspiration
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?