imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
at someone's (something's) mercy
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to state; to express; to mention
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
zapping (through TV channels); channel surfing
face contorted and about to cry
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
choices; alternatives; options
children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light; Bodhidharma fell down
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
one by one; one at a time; in turn
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing