to press a question; to cross-examine
detailed; minute; articulate
to order; to command; to appoint
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
with a click; with a snap
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
declaration; proclamation; announcement
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
request; appeal; claim; purchase
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
preface; introduction; preamble
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)