lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
apron (waist-down); waist apron
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
wide-open; frank; open; candid
scanning electron microscope; SEM
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
to let (a person) pass first
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
black lustre; black luster
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
filling; packing; stuffing; filling; (dental) filling
greeting; a fine thing to say
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
for a while; for some time; for a period
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to push aside; to brush aside
very hungry; starving; ravenous
clave-like folk instrument; two bamboo pieces beaten together
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
three days and three nights
lovers' talk; whispered intimacies