to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
personal criticism; character sketch
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report
in the course of one's duties
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
the matter you have been talking about
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
moderate faction; moderates
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
court of inquiry; court of enquiry
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
all but dead; half killed
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
epic film; big-budget movie
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
Latin (language); Latin-American; Latin; Latin; Roman
the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
moderate; proper; just right
with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain