to pluck; to pick; to nip off
metal fittings; metal fixtures
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
head; chief; boss; leader
bloodsucking; sucking blood
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
name of a god; name of a shrine
to repeat; to do something over again
pronunciation; production of sound
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
to become distant; to recede
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
right in the center (centre)
the reason is ...; it is because ...