to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE); shogun; great, unifying leader
Five Tiger Generals (in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids
government; administration; ministry
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
how; in what way; how about; questionable
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to have meaning; to be meaningful
how; in what way; in what manner
every person; every mouth; every entrance
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
in order; in turn; one by one
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress