to have a meal; to take a meal
priority; order of precedence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
very much; very many; more and more
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
later on; eventually; afterwards
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
(made of) stone; stone-built
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
Leicester (Britain); Lester
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
bent back; hunchback; stoop
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
how; in what way; by what means
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
mask; disguise; guise; mask
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...