contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
limestone cave; limestone cavern
removal; dismantling; detaching
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to throw oneself (into an activity)
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
light; right; right field; right fielder
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; you bastard!; god damn you!; motherfucker!
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
keep up your strength; chin up!
mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
younger scholar; future reference