to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to be smeared; to be covered
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
brightness; splendour; splendor
to kill; to choke the life out of
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
reigning; controlling; dictating
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
contraction; narrowing; stricture; stenosis
defense; defence; protection
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
alone; unaided; away from home
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty