to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
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
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to be transparent; to show through
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
to say; to be called; to do
under the orders of; by order (command)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
connection; link; relationship
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
puppeteer; puppet player; wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
surrounding at a distance
vinegared rice and sliced raw tuna wrapped in seaweed
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
son of a bitch; piece of shit
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly