kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
difficult problem; challenge
to redeem (from sin); to save
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
cannot be helped; unavoidable
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
preface; introduction; preamble
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction