to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
grains; lumps; granulated; lumpy; bumpiness
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
superiority complex; sense of superiority
Paramecium spp. (esp. Paramecium caudatum)
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
to mistake (A for B); to misread
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
confidentiality; nondisclosure
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
bend; curvature; deflection
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way