to correct oneself; to restate
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
stairwell; stair hall; staircase
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
dark night; moonless night
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to yearn for; to pine for
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to continue to do; to persist in doing
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
wandering; rambling; roaming
(hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
advanced level; high grade; senior
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
learned priest pursuing his studies
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life