best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
demon-infested place; ominous place; mysterious, unfrequented area; den of iniquity
complete change; about-face
to make an appeal; to urge
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
sunlight filtering through trees
to hold something reverently with both hands
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to be pleased with; to suit