to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
future (usually near); prospects
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to increase; to add to; to augment
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
hedge; fence; border; limit
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
living; lifestyle; living room
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
owning multiple animals (esp. pets of the same kind)
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
very; much; greatly; a lot of
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
noon; midday; daytime; lunch