reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook
hey there; I say; see here
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
payment of debts; repayment
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
material; materials; data; information; documents
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
valuable article; valuables
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
ill will; malice; evil intent
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
running away; escaping on foot
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to take flight; to disappear
to erase all trace of something
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt