literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
to be inflated with pride
person of letters; literary person
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to become better; to improve
night-clothes; heavy kimono-like quilt
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
to face; to confront; to be opposite to
suddenly; all of a sudden
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
rather; sooner; preferably
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to overlook; to ignore; to pass over
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch