sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
without trouble; easily; readily
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
level ground; plain; flatland
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
crookedness; bending; indentation; curvature; flexion
gold vein; gold-bearing reef
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
physical work; manual labour (labor)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
with a momentary flash of light
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
formative experience (from one's youth)
thin man with well-defined musculature
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
it's probably so; it stands to reason
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)