flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
telecommunication equipment
to put on airs; to assume importance
end; close; conclusion; termination
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
volunteer activities; volunteerism
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
teatime; tea break; coffee break
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo)
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
hometown; rural township (of China)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
change of occupation; career change
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
slight intoxication; being tipsy
nightlife districts; drinking districts
release; emission; ejection
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger