to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
furnishings; implements; equipment
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to find out; to discover; to locate
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
implication; connotation; (material) implication; material conditional
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
talk; dialogue; conversation
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)
standard; average; typical; normal
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
during; for the duration of
in this case, it does not apply; this case is an exception
relation; connection; relevance
unmarried; not yet married
to pierce through; to break through
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to lead; to direct; to take command
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
it's probably so; it stands to reason