yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
colour; color; hue; tints
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to be pleased with; to suit
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to ask; to enquire; to query
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
one-by-one; separately; in detail
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
general; popular; common; typical
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky