to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
curiosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening; wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
individual; private person; personal; private
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for