intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
sexual feeling; carnal desire; physical feeling
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
affected part; diseased part; wound
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
separate; scattered; apart
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
every day and every night
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
shady; underhanded; questionable
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
being argued into silence; being left speechless
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
it's been a long time; long time no see
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
clinic; medical office; infirmary