rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
to become inverted; to become reversed
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
as far as the eye can see
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
sense of orientation; sense of direction
to fold up; to fold into layers
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to go past; to pass; to pass by
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
to knock down; to knock off
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
American Civil War (1861-1865)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
fireball; bolide; fireball
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to hurt; to smart; to sting