persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
to watch over; to watch attentively
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
like a decent person; human
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
paste; glue; clothing starch
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
account book; register; ledger
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
product name; name of an article
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
each; (arch.) you (plural)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)