to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
management; administration; operation
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
not yet known; unknown; strange
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to look upwards; to look up
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
yes it is!; it surely is; certainly
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)