tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
anything and everything; just about everything
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
ending up right back where one started
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
passion; temper; irritability
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
serious crime; grave crime
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
about when; about what time; how soon
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
rhizome; rootstalk; rootstock
somehow; for some reason or other
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile