precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
to thrust down; to push off
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
long (time); protracted; prolonged
to become calm; to die down
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to slide down; to slip down
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
succeeding; following; trailing; next
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to come to an end; to close the curtain
in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to be contrary to one's expectations
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
antique-looking; looking hoary with patina
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
building (esp. a house); house fixture; fitting; facial features