to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
several times; several degrees
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
time; season; period; phase; stage
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
to look away; to avert one's eyes
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
another; different; something else
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(not) a single person; (no) one
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to pull in (fish); to land
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
exactly as stated; verbatim
if so; in that case; in that situation
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction