to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
cave; cavern; den; grotto
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
year in, year out; always; 24-7
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
lump together; put all together
leader of a charge; first to arrive
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
to ask; to enquire; to query
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
to sink (into); to get depressed
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
sexual desire; physical love; Eros (Greek god); Eros (asteroid); event-related optical signal; EROS
thanatos; death instinct (in psychoanalysis); Thanatos; personification of death (in Greek mythology)
(doing something) in tears
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
older sister; elder sister