close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
apparently; appears to be
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to read (a book, etc.) over again
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to drink up; to drain (cup)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
long ago; a long time ago; already
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
several times; a few times
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to pick up; to find; to gather
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to be silent; to say nothing
violent emotion; passion; fury