unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
reason for being; raison d'être
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to dry up completely; to become stale
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
sympathy; compassion; pity
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
penalty; sentence; punishment
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
death penalty; capital punishment
poisoning; kill by poison
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
to bawl; to cry; to scream
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
to be embarrassed; to lose face
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer