to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
coquettish voice (of a woman); seductive squeal; alluring cry
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to clear up; to become cloudless
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
business hours; opening hours; office hours
roadway; road; carriageway
street stall; stand; booth
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
prostitute; whore; streetwalker
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
high (spirits); euphoric; intoxicated; high
small office home office; SOHO
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
traffic sign painted on the road
entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
contact information (address, phone number, etc.)
telephone number; phone number
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
telephone booth; telephone box
to rant and rave; to raise hell
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)