to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
without; unless; have to do
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
use; utilization; utilisation; application
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
quickly; calmly; intently
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane