pick-up artist; masher; skirt chaser
to spin vigorously; to wave around (e.g. sword, bat)
to lay the foundation (for)
dandy; handsome and fashionable man; fop; chivalrous man
(finishing something) suddenly; abruptly
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
one machine; one aircraft; one life
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
ground wire; earth wire; earthed line
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
god (esp. the Christian God)
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
direct unforked road; straight path
to cheer up; to be stirred up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
last chapter (book, etc.)
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
battle for Christmas sales
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
winning in a flash; instant defeat
major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption
sweetness and bitterness; joys and sorrows
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age