period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
hooting; jeering; heckling
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
respect and affection; love and respect
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
tradition; legend; folklore
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
still; even now; to this day
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
one grade; first-class; primary
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
much less; to say nothing of
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
pebble; round stone; boulder
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead