to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
smooth (skin, stone, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
extensive; open; vast; vague; hazy; indistinct
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
speaking voice; talking voice
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
passionate love; ardent love; devotion
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
difference; variation; difference
perpetual night; continuing all night
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
being half awake and half asleep; (lit.) butterfly's dream
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon