recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
near; close by; within reach; familiar
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to recall; to remember; to recollect
even if nothing else; more than anything else
to mix; to stir; to blend
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to flare up; to burst into flames
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament