market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
just because; even if; even though
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
silent phone call (form of harassment)
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
doing whatever one pleases
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
several people; a few people
parliamentarian; member of a congress
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to jump at; to be attracted by
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
government; administration
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
cannot be compared with; no match for
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster