decaffeinated; caffeine-free; uncaffeinated; non-caffeinated
club journal; club notebook
books returned unsold; books returned to the library
to go back to the starting point
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
harvesting rice while it is still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
stubborn person; obstinate person; stubbornness; obstinacy
aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
popular line (of goods); products predicted to sell well
words used by young people; slang
outline; summary; epitome
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
LINE (instant messaging software)
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
truth is stranger than fiction
banner; banner (graphic provided to link to site)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
in itself; as it is; in its own way; within its capacity; within limitations
to be traumatized; to be shocked
egosearching; egosurfing; self-googling
the lord of creation; man; mankind
much-discussed work (book, film, etc.)
more than friends, less than lovers
green light; (giving) permission; OK
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
having sociable manners; sociable
greatest common divisor; GCD
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)