painted maple (Acer mono)
party clothes; evening clothes
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
cordovan (type of leather)
style of writing; manner of writing
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
with shining, piercing eyes
chapters and sections; chapter and verse
metasequoia; dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
putting a name (self, company, etc.) on something (e.g. engraving, printing, etc.)
is never the case; has never happened
Jeet Kune Do; Way of the Intercepting Fist (martial art founded by Bruce Lee)
serves you right!; see what happens!
for dear life; barely escaping alive
bald mountain; denuded mountain; bare hill; treeless hill
reduction of armaments; disarmament
singular form (of a noun)
aggregate amount of indebtedness
to accept (a thing) with thanks
distrust of politics; political uncertainty
to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)
one stride; single stride; short distance
visitor (to a shop or restaurant); customer (visiting a store or restaurant); patron