spray glue; spray adhesive
too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate
primitive; crude; archaic
changeable; unsettled; inconstant; fickle (e.g. weather)
a level and inked string; norm; rule; standard
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
appendix (of a book, etc.)
direct ancestors; ascendant
rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
linguistic activity; language (as defined by Saussure; langue and parole)
deva realm (svarga); path in the heavens
arrangement (of books in a library)
literature written in diary form
miracle; wonder; wondrous thing
reheating bathwater; cooking additional rice
nostalgia; homesickness; longing for home
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss
radical; extreme; eccentric
competition; rivalry; vying (with)
being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do)