to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to steal or sneak or slip into
exactly as stated; verbatim
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
just managing; with great difficulty
and then; and so; and; so then
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
two (long cylindrical things)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to step over or across; to overcome
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to tear off; to strip; to rob