ostentation; show; affectation
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
proof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation
simply; merely; only; solely
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to be manageable; to be able to handle
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
tall figure; high stature
sickle and chain (weapon)
odd couple; incongruous couple
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
transposition; dislocation; rearrangement
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
expected value; expectation value; expectation
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship
lamé (cloth made from gold or silver thread)