fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
useless resistance; vain struggle
to take away; to carry off
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
vehicle; conveyance; (means of) transport; ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.); attraction
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch
something like ...; something called ...
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to become frayed; to become loose
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
either way; in any case; one way or another
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
assertion; declaration; affirmation