outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
study; diligence; discount; reduction
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to come back; to return; to recur
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
yearned for; longed for; missed
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to be infected; to be contagious
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
warm air (e.g. from a heater); (arch.) spring breeze
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
musical composition title; song title
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to rise; to erect; to get up