election; selection; choice
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
rational; reasonable; logical
accomplishment; execution
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to read (a book, etc.) over again
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
incineration; destroy by fire
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to pick up; to find; to gather
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
probability; likelihood; chances
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
parting; separation; farewell
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
to apologize; to apologise
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified