setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
alone; by oneself; on one's own
reason for being; raison d'être
excessive; too much; unreasonable
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
extension; prolongation; enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
to understand (each other); to comprehend
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's
tottering steps; drunken staggering
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality