while; even though; despite
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
retreating figure; appearance from behind
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
opposite side; opposition
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to go out and away; to leave
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
at the last moment; this late in the game
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
silence (not speaking); muteness
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current