vast stock of books; bookstore; bookshop
combining a pair of events; joint
sea chub (Ditrema temminckii temminckii)
to run a virus scan program
important stone in a construction
honourable; honorable; prestigious; renowned
embedding; implantation; embedding
commercially available book
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
harakiri; seppuku; disembowelment
live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
curly braces; curly brackets
falling asleep immediately; going out like a light
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
as if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; (lit.) as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time; as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time
constitutional government; (arch.) exemplary government; (arch.) excellent government
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly
demi-glace (type of brown sauce)
under 1 year old (of a baby); (lit.) 0 years old
attitude; approach; move; theater usher; theatre usher
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
glass marble; marble stopper in a bottle of lemon soda
catching a fishing hook on seaweed, coral, etc. on the seabed or riverbed
three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing)