to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
reading aloud; recitation
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
frame; flame (abusive or threatening message)
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
in order; in turn; one by one
illustration (e.g. book); picture
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
thick curtain; drop curtain
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
Arabian Nights; One Thousand and One Nights
One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
avocado (Persea americana)
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
foundation (garment, cream, etc.)
mole under the eye (supposedly due to having cried)
to squash; to crush; to flatten