clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
before the gate; in front of the gate
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
goodness; excellence; virtue
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to squeeze out; to wring out
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
knowing; (an) acquaintance
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
story; tale; talk; discussion
living room (Western style); sitting room
dried flowers; dried flower
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent