celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
lack of faith; unbelief; impiety; infidelity
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
appearance; air; condition; state; form
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
detour; circumvention; turning movement
going upstream; swimming upstream
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
pleasant feeling; good feeling
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
quantity or volume of water
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
how many years; how long; what year
to pass (of time); to elapse
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
near oneself; close to one; familiar