impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
literature; books (reference); document
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
secret art; the mysteries
a paddy moist all year due to improper irrigation
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
true character; true heart; true spirit
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to put on airs; to assume importance
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
contract; compact; agreement
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to state; to express; to mention
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase