ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
rather; sooner; preferably
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
variant edition (of a book); alternative version; different manuscript; strange book; rare book; unique book
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
3000; three thousand; many
cubit (ancient unit of length)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
another thing; exception; special case
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
simply; merely; only; solely
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship