knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
character style; character form
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
corridor; hallway; passageway
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
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
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to throw open; to leave open
cabinet; housing (of equipment)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand