to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
popular name; common name; given name
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to make an appeal; to urge
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
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)
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
woman; female; feminine gender
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
life; living; I; me; student
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
silence (not speaking); muteness
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one