to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
slim; slender; slight; delicate
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to be busy at work; to work diligently
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
regret; repentance; remorse
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
temple (building); temple (side of head)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into