spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to follow loyally; to wait on someone hand and foot; to be at someone's beck and call
dealing with; coping with
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
(theatrical) fighting scene
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
all (there is); as long as there is
early on; earlier on; from early
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to be handed down from generation to generation
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to sigh; to breathe a sigh