internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
income; receipts; revenue
somewhat below; slightly below
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
to stick it out (until the end)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
instability; insecurity; crankiness
very much; very many; more and more
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
practical problem; practical matter
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
in the morning; during the morning
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
bent back; hunchback; stoop
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
real experience; actual observations
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
seamless; contiguous; unbroken; non-stop
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)