bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
student library assistant
drawing; painting; picture
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
enactment; establishment; creation
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
family a woman has married into
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
billboard; advertising tower; face (of a company, group, etc.); poster girl; poster boy
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
newly appointed; inaugural
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
unfinished (letter, text, etc.); drafted (e.g. manuscript); half-written; partially finished
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
long-term storage; long-term preservation
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation