to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
outsider; someone outside of a group
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse