training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
older sister; lass; young lady
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
tool; implement; means; furniture
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
to accept; to receive; to agree
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
how many years; how long; what year
to continue to do; to persist in doing
condition; state (of health); appearance
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
already; now; no longer; not any more
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
little by little; bit by bit
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
suffix for familiar person
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
blood relationship; blood relative
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that