selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
to understand; to make out
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to add (to); to add on; to append
disorder; disturbance; unrest
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
more than usual; especially; particularly
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
(a place) within one's reach
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
folding into four; quarto
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
by hook or by crook; by all possible means
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer