Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini); Madam Butterfly
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
front; frontage; facade; main
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
to surround; to crowd around
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
fair and square; open and aboveboard
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
Hercules; Herakles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
scene; sight; scenario; setting
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)