suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
never mind!; don't worry about it
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
question; inquiry; enquiry
light; faint; pale; fleeting
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
this and that; one thing or another
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
sign; indication; omen; symptom