to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to find fault with; to question
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
difficult to ...; hard to ...
general; popular; common; typical
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
instant; moment; for an instant
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic