detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
powerless; helpless; incompetent
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
point in common; common feature
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
silent; still; quiet; hushed
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
remains; corpse; (dead) body
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)