to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
deception; cheating; trickery; fraud
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
in good (perfect) order; in apple-pie order
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to fall ill; to be taken ill
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
posterity; future generations
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to find out; to discover; to locate
just right; ideal; perfectly suitable; fetch!; bring me ...
(United States of) America; USA; US
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
rather; better; instead; if anything
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
mainly cloudy; tending to be cloudy
sunlight; rays of the Sun
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
clearly; brightly; crisply
Buddha's name; annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
to be intimate with; to befriend
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy