preface; foreword; introduction
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
symbol; code; sign; notation
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
clergyman; churchman; clergy
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
swindler; imposter; crook
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
being filled with; being full of; permeation
running as fast as one can
in the earth; in the ground; underground
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
good-for-nothing; worthless
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to become desperate; to give way to despair