mass communication; mass media
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
blood congestion; -stasis
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
this world; this life; world of the living
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action