sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt; click; sound of a camera shutter
sad to say; how sad; alas
although I say; although one might say; although called
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
in one's own way or style
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
without cause; without reason
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
leaving everything up to someone else
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
to laugh away; to laugh off
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)