speculation; thinking; meditation
organic matter; organic compound
inorganic matter; inorganic substance; inorganic compound
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
back street; back alley; off-street
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
smoke; smoked (salmon, cheese, etc.); tinted (glass, film)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
vacuum; absorption; suction
incineration; destruction by fire
wise saying; famous saying; witty remark
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
one's best interests; one's own good
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
(police) detective; criminal matter