to begin (doing); to start (doing)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
root; joint; base; crotch
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
foreign; abroad; overseas
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
business discussion; negotiation
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
person concerned; interested party; related party
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to be able to manage somehow or another
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
arrogant; haughty; insolent
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face