person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
man of the future; Homo futurus
this and that; one thing or another
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
(state of) utter panic; great panic
predicament; one's ground; one's position
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
extremely disappointing; extremely frustrating; mortifying; vexing
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
carelessly; inattentively
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
singularity; singular point
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
chronological order; time series
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)