noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
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 think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
black and white; right and wrong
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
being filled with; being full of; permeation
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
only; merely; but; no more than
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
overswelling (of a blood vessel); engorgement; bulging; squaring one's shoulders; flexing one's muscles
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation