stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
belief; faith; conviction
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
leaving half-read (book, etc.); leaving unfinished
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
one by one; one each; one at a time
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless