wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
itching-to-grab gesture (made with one's hands)
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
to go underground; to go into hiding
to carry out one's mission
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
righteousness; justice; right
written and spoken words; description
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
foolish look; stupid look
rare; uncommon; not often seen
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
what kind of; what sort of; what
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble