helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
-less; lacking; non-existing
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
chair; stool; post; office; position
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
after school (at the end of the day)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to happen to hear; to overhear
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
information transfer; information transmission
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy