snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
to fiddle with; to play with
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
property of a film or membrane
pseudopodium (temporary protrusion of an ameboid cell); pseudopod
one edge; one end; one side
embers; cinders; burnt residue; combustion residue
The Merchant of Venice (play by William Shakespeare)
excessive cooling; supercooling
villus (intestinal or chorionic); soft hair
depends entirely on; depends above all on
avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu); icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality
to help up; to pick up; to bring safely to land
rough voice (e.g. when one has a cold or sore throat)
to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)
Okinawan dragon boat race
to destroy; to break; to damage
as time passes; with the passing of time; with time
to be the ruin of (a person)