friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
mega- (i.e. 10^6); mega; enormous; huge
searching for someone; search for a missing person
end of a road; end of a street
wooden board; woodblock; woodblock printing
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
hidden treasure; treasured article
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
oracle; revelation; divine message
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
casting; cast-metal object
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
present; current; in operation
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of