import; importation; introduction; afferent
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
(animal making a) monstrous apparition
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to break the silence; to break one's silence
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion