to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
what's what; heads or tails
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
official announcement; proclamation
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
after that; afterwards; thereafter
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
will not do; do not; does not
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce