ice pop; icy pole; popsicle; ice lolly
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
opinion; point of view; visual point
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
no, not like that (but like this)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
stepping back; drawing back
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
all you have to do is; just; that's all
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
willpower; energy; vitality
occupation; calling; livelihood