shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
compilation; editing; recording
flexible (of people); open-minded
excessive supply; oversupply
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
to have a qualification (for)
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
to cover fully; to wrap around
to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
deportation; expulsion from the country
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
to trick; to cheat; to deceive