to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
ordinary clothes; everyday attire; plain clothes; civilian clothes
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
to chat enthusiastically; to chatter; to talk on and on
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
fallen hair; combings; hair left on comb
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
without cause; without reason
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to concern; to be related
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to yell; to rant; to rave
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to flutter; to wave; to move restlessly
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)