ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
though; notwithstanding; although
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to brush off; to shake off
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
in that manner; like that
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
not worth considering; out of the question
rest; break; recess; intermission
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to choke; to have trouble breathing
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
sales promotion; hard selling
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
mask; disguise; guise; mask
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
way of speaking; intimation
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard