tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
prejudice; bias; distorted view
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
sales message; sales copy
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...