region; limits; stage; level
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
classified document; confidential document
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
skillful penmanship; skilled calligrapher
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
writing on someone's behalf
writing implement; writing tool
thinnish; somewhat narrow
pigment; paint; colour; color
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
prickling; stinging; tingling
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk
ordinary; common; mediocre
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to distract one's attention
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
attenuation; damping; decay