research thesis; treatise
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
information; experience; knowledge; observation
harboring; harbouring; cherishing; entertaining
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
waiver; weber (Wb) (unit of magnetic flux)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to play (a stringed instrument)
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
snowflake (cluster of ice crystals)
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
carnival (festival held before Lent)
very young; little; childish; immature
study; research; investigation
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to look mad; to act nuts; to seem crazy