to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
something; some kind of; for some reason
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
frosted (glass); matted; disillusionment; letdown
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
monthly publication; monthly issue
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
not yet known; unknown; strange
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well