wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
on hand; readily available
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
stealthy steps; soft steps
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
manner of using one's hands
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
that's the way it is; such is life
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
murder; killing; murderer
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
behavior; behaviour; conduct
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
low fence flanking a gate or entrance