to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
to hand (over); to deliver in person
insolent fellow; rude fellow
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
nice; good; well-executed
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
refining; purification; careful manufacture
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
principle of laissez-faire
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
strict order; peremptory command
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication