why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
twice cooked pork (Szechuan dish)
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
long ago; already; a long time ago
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
gender; distinction of sex; sex
(not so) much; (not) very
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
pure literature; belles-lettres
Death in Venice (1912 novella by Thomas Mann, film, opera)
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
to throw into; to toss into
this and that; such and such
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
tingling; stinging; pungently
aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
founder; originator; pioneer
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive