language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
silence (not speaking); muteness
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to thrust before; to thrust at
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
thrusting down (winning technique)
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
recompense; indemnity; atonement
but; however; provided that
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
(medical) doctor; physician
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
the same; the said; likewise
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
forcibly; against one's will
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)