to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to become better; to improve
to collapse into; to flop onto
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
control; management; supervision
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
wet nurse; nursing mother
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
prize money; monetary award; reward
calamity; disaster; accident
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
judgment; judgement; discernment
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to cry and shout; to scream
legendary; fabled; fabulous
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
sword play; samurai drama