obsession; compulsive idea
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
ancestor; forefather; foremother
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
during imprisonment; while in jail
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
lightly; easily; carelessly
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
to die by the roadside; to die a dog's death
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force