hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
pitch dark; total darkness
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
cystitis; inflammation of the bladder
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
complete stranger; total stranger
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
it hasn't been long since
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to bail out (water); to scoop out
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to have an uneasy conscience
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to