loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
for one's true nature to come out
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
sales; selling; marketing
net auction; Internet auction; online auction; web auction
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
secret understanding; collusion
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
weekly publication; weekly magazine
heading; headline; index; headword
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
other than; excluding; without
one-by-one; separately; in detail
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
deep emotion; strong feelings
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind