to finish; to complete; to understand
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
thicket; coppice; brushwood
flustered; confused; panicked
to push and push; to keep pushing to the end
public lavatory; slut; whore; floozy
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
standard; set; routine; decided
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
to sprout; to put forth buds
non-fruit-bearing flower; something that is flashy with no content
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
truancy; absence without leave
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
it's been a long time; long time no see
unpredictability; element of surprise
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
stature; height; size; physique