gliding (through the air)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
humming a tune (while doing something else)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
principle; theory; fundamental truth
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
head; brains; intellect; understanding
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
distance (of a ski jump, baseball hit, etc.); carry (of a golf ball); flight (of an arrow)
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
consideration; taking into account
minute adjustment; fine-tuning
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity