to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
maintaining the status quo
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
sympathy; compassion; pity
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
together; at the same time; same; identical
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
to talk; to carry meaning
to do for (the sake of someone else)
indiscriminately; giving no heed to
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
to stiffen; to become stiff
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart