new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
process; course; mechanism
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
(medical) doctor; physician
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to be thrilled; to be excited
example; specimen; sample
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to take a veneer off something
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
gem; jewel; precious stone
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
handrail; railing; banister
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
soon; momentarily; before long; any time now
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
electricity; (electric) light
to put on (clothing, esp. new)
to run about; to rush about
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)