birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
to think of; to come up with
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
more than usual; especially; particularly
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
feigned tears; crocodile tears
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
to pause; to have a short intermission
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
understanding person; supporter
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing
agile (person's movements); nimble; adroit; lively; brisk; skillful
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
almost (did); nearly (did)
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to travel; to take a trip; to make a journey
class-B; B class; B grade; second rate
extremely dangerous; very risky; very awful; extremely terrible; amazing; terrific
ceremonial; ritual; ritualistic; formal
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
light pink; pale pink; cherry blossom pink
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
holding hands with fingers interlocked
to run about; to rush about