purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
personal; individual; private
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
on board a ship; aboard a ship
to look down on; to condescend
study; diligence; discount; reduction
theological student; seminary student
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
training; drill; practice; discipline
tall figure; high stature
height (of body); stature
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
treating someone like a child
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
no, not like that (but like this)
cruelty; hard-heartedness
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink