to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
government; administration; statesmanship
deliberation; discussion; consideration
awareness; realization; noticing
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
good old; good old-fashioned
rebirth; new birth; nascent
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
leadoff batter; first batter; first person appearing (witness, performer, etc.)
friendly relations; social relations; social life
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning
interests and preferences
private joke; inside joke
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
word for word; verbatim; literally
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
problematic statement; controversial remark
Orkut (former Google social networking site)
name recognition; established reputation
several times; a few times
none of your business; not your concern
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
head; brains; intellect; understanding
family quarrel; internal squabble; domestic trouble
degree of penetration; penetrance
being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
snakes and scorpions; something detestable
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection