club activities; group activities
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to make an appeal; to urge
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
research publication; scholarly publication
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
morning glow; sunrise colors; sunrise colours
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
twice; again; second time
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
number of (large) animals