shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
dead-leaf color; yellowish brown
alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes; medicinal tincture
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to get on well (with someone); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage
(another person's) nephew
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to blame; to find fault with
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
lately; recently; these days
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
strategist; tactician; schemer
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
love affair; sensual pleasures
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
to compete with; to vie for
price; cost; value; worth; value
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
money needed to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage
to be erected; to be built
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to lose one's senses (over); to be out of one's mind (over); to be completely captivated (by); to be smitten; to be engrossed (in)