to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to make an appearance; to show up
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
wherein; therein; thereinto
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
group; bunch; crowd; group
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up