to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
sobriety; soberness; sober face
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
general idea; concept; notion
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
doctors; teachers; lawyers
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
it is I who should say so
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to grow angry; to display one's anger
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
back country; remote countryside
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
being concerned about or mindful of
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with