Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
several people; a few people
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
that's the way it is; such is life
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
to feel hungry; to get hungry
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to stab; to pierce; to run through (e.g. with a sword)
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
approximate age; age range
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
Scotch; Scotch whisky; Scotch tweed
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute