star attraction; draw card; crowd puller
studying abroad; studying overseas
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
all-night vigil over a body; wake
fixed date; appointed day
present given in return for funeral offering
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
in the hospital; hospitalized
to express (in words); to confess
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
book with the look and layout of a magazine
impact of publicity or propaganda
useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
all-time high (price, in trading); record high; new high
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on