becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
emo; sad; melancholic; erotic in a disgusting way
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
tiger pattern; striped (like a tiger)
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
trial; judgement; judgment
embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing; stealing
tabby cat; tiger cat; striped cat
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
way of affixing something; way of recording something (to a logbook, etc.)
Brahma (Hindu god); large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); down puff (on the end of an ear pick)
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
squared timber; rectangular lumber
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
(political) violence; violent tactics used by political radicals
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant
if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; (lit.) hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)