foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
thick with smoke, moisture or odor; hard to breathe (air)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
covered with; stained; smeared
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to crawl out of; to creep out of
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
entreaty; supplication; petition
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
fund-raising; collection of funds
volunteer activities; volunteerism
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
if you do this; if this is the case
such; like that; in that way
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
epidemic; plague; pestilence