dozens; scores of; decades
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
origin; fundamental element
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
evil thought; malicious motive
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
absorption; suction; attraction
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to become settled; to be fixed
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
traces of a moving light; trail (e.g. of a meteor)
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to slide down; to slip down
night view; night skyline; nightscape
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
back street; back alley; off-street
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
brilliant; bright; dazzling
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick