point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
grumbling; complaining; muttering; crumpling (e.g. paper)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
has reached its limit; has reached its peak
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
natto (fermented soybeans)
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
neglecting; leaving alone
equality; impartiality; evenness
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to follow another's example
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
(social) position; status
property; fortune; assets
passion; temper; irritability
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger