to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
supreme; sublime; highest
to say; to tell; to state; to do
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
surely (not); certainly (not)
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare
function; facility; faculty; feature
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism