Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
book making (binding, publishing)
spine (of book); binding (of book)
possession; occupation; occupancy
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
information transfer; information transmission
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
abstract (e.g. art, music); abstract art; abstract (e.g. of a paper); summary
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
smoked glass; tinted glass
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to look young; to seem young
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit