hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
dated; date; fixed; external
looking depressed; long face
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
breaking off; snapping off
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
quotation; citation; reference
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
stale; hackneyed; cliched
patterns of thinking; train of thought
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
(being) worth seeing; impressive
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
to water down; to dilute with water
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
person of doubtful origin
complete stranger; total stranger
final; eventual; ultimate
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously