isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to reach an agreement; to come to an understanding; to compromise (with); to get along well with
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
(not) so much; (not) that much
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to thrust before; to thrust at
alone; by oneself; on one's own
book; volume; this; present; main; head
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
Chinese whispers; telephone (game)
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to pass (of time); to elapse