making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
adoption; selection; choice
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
(spare) time; free time; time off; leave; resignation; dismissal
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up someone (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
intelligence gathering; information gathering
20th day of the month; 20 days
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
impossible to do (although wants to)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge
carbonated water; sparkling water; fizzy water; soda water
motion sickness; travel sickness
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
another thing; exception; special case
reason; logic; method; system; order
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
barely; just; narrowly; with difficulty
educated loafer (living off family wealth); leisured intellectual; idle rich
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
look; glance; (at first) sight
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking
catapult; ballista; mangonel; onager; trebuchet