to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to make a speech; to address
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
transceiver (send and receive)
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
motel; drive-in love hotel
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
moment; brief space of time
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
professor; teaching; instruction
jumping to a hasty conclusion
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)