flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
study; library; den; home office; reading room
documentary evidence; documentation
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
(gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges; flight feathers
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
two (long cylindrical things)
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
how; in what way; by what means
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
ordinary citizen; the general public