ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
odd couple; incongruous couple
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
Oklahoma mixer (folk dance); Turkey in the Straw
getting what one wants by complaining or grumbling; profiting by holding out or taking a hard line; getting more by raising a ruckus
Japanese woman who readily sleeps with foreign men
free love; sexual freedom; sexual emancipation
single-theater; independent (cinema); art-house (film)
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of