to fire (from job); to discharge
(male) cross-dresser; transvestite
to show; to display; to dangle (an offer) in front of; to hold out; to send flurries (of snow, etc.)
to make a habit of; to make it a practice to
transgender; transgender person
sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
buying a replacement; replacing by buying something new
hashtag (e.g. on Twitter)
watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.); openwork (engraving, carving, etc.)
period; full stop; piri; Korean double reed instrument
Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris
essence; liquid foundation; beauty lotion; serum
to be on edge; to get nervous; to feel tense
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
outward appearance; apparent
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
puffing (e.g. steam train); chugging; steaming; feeling hot
highball; whisky and soda
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth); to clean out (ears)
university graduate; having graduated from university
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
to smash violently; to crush
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)