the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
rearrangement; reallocation; realignment; relocation
transport truck; transport vehicle
disclosure; exposure; revelation
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day)
customary practice; habit; traditional event
leadership skill; leadership ability
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
scorched-earth strategy (tactics)
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
acute stress reaction; acute stress disorder; psychological shock; mental shock; emotional shock; emotional trauma
family a woman has married into
opening inward (e.g. door, window)
to force open; to push open
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
sovereign; emperor; monarch
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
great success; happy result; good result
careful reading; close reading; intensive reading
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
manufacturing plant; production facility
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
work in progress; WIP; goods in process