waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
troubled face; worried expression
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
main cause; primary factor
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
carnivore; carnivorous animal
with a start; with a jump
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to detain; to check; to restrain
thought; consideration; thinking
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
corpulence; fatness; obesity
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff