to be surprised; to be astonished
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
finger; hands and fingers; hands
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
urgency; exigency; emergency
business; errand; nature of one's business
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
(with a) start; fright; alarm
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to look away; to avert one's eyes
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext