to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
information; making a report (to a superior)
young girl; lass; adolescent female
single word; a few words; brief comment
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
to serve; to work for; to attend
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
prospects of victory; chances of success
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)