ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
book; volume; this; present; main; head
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
successive generations; successive emperors
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to turn towards; to point
man; male; masculine gender
gazing at (in wonderment)
being universally acceptable; being suitable for all; being popular with many people
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to say; to be called; to do
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than