asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to have (something) innate; to be born with
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
considerably; greatly; a lot
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
if you think about it; come to think of it
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
writing; composition; essay; sentence
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism