to use and then throw away
germination; sprouting; budding
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
to dry up completely; to become stale
ability; performance; efficiency
appearance; figure; shape; form
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
unique; individual; original; unusual
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
to bury; to embed; to implant
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
hostility; animosity; enmity
your husband; her husband
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to be born; to come into the world
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble