to manage something successfully; to be successful
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
in the face of; in defiance of
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
overhasty; rash; premature
rather; sooner; preferably
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
young girl; lass; adolescent female
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
demotion; relegation; downgrading
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
slight; insignificant; small
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
because of; owing to; due to