(arch.) young child (esp. a young girl); young
ascending a mountain stream (recreational activity)
to be burned to ashes; to come to nothing
self-inflicted injury, loss, etc.
Orkut; former Google social networking site
tree line; forest line; timberline
significant difference; statistical significance
street gossips and idle rumors
to pretend not to know; to feign ignorance; to tell a lie; to lie
secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
Red List (e.g. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species)
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
flamberge; sword with undulations in the blade
knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win; (lit.) losing is winning
jumping to hasty conclusions; conjecture
sounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)
there, there; kiss it better; (lit.) pain, pain, fly away
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
thinking of; hitting upon
scat (in jazz); scat-singing
discord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune
acute and serious; hyperacute; fulminant
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
must-have; essential item
scorching heat; fierce glare of the Sun
asking a question back (e.g. to an interviewer)
white tiger (var. of Bengal tiger); bleached tiger
viewer (e.g. for film slides or x-rays); (image) viewer
decrease in appetite; loss of appetite
blow striking with the flat of the sword; to slap; metal flattened by striking; tape; flat braid; type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
other nations; other peoples
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated