gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
short and stout; small but wide around
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
sequel; later development
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
engagement; business; affair; use; need
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
transfer; transport; removal
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone