sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
street at night; making a night journey
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
hard struggle; strenuous effort
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to work hard; to make an effort
thereupon; shortly thereafter
I see; that's right; indeed
self-consciousness; self-awareness
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
injured person; wounded person; casualty
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
(one's) quota; assignment
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
arm; skill; efforts; ability
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
guardian; protector; patron; parent