to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
shady; underhanded; questionable
to employ; to hire; to charter
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
lovers' tiff; quarrel between lovers; chattering; idle talk
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
baboon; lecher; dirty old man; skirt-chaser
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to turn out just as one wished; to play into the hands (of)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
penniless; extremely poor; destitute
to feel oneself indebted to
last week; the week before
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
to shout (in anger); to yell
seducer; tempter; temptress; enticer; charmer; betrayer
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
kowtowing; bowing repeatedly; (lit.) three kneelings and nine prostrations
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer