apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
used article (esp. clothes)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to crouch; to squat; to cower
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to encamp; to take up positions
without cause; without reason
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
on the occasion of; at the time of
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to snatch from; to steal from
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
middle of the night; dead of night
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
end of life; death; annihilation
useful thing; usable article