resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
on that occasion; at that time
brilliant; bright; dazzling
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
demon of ill health; disease
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to put someone to work; to make someone work
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to dry up completely; to become stale
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
to watch steadily; to stare
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
five (long cylindrical things)
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully