taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
long ago; a long time ago; already
long time; long interval; for quite some time
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
with a screech; with a whine; with a shrill; with a sharp pain (in the head or teeth after eating or drinking something cold); getting a brain freeze
audio feedback; acoustic feedback; howl
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
quarrel; dispute; argument
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into