very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
movie director; film director
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
foolish question; stupid question; one's question
jam-packed (physically or of schedule, etc.); grinding noise; precisely; correctly (e.g. when working, etc.); Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
running the whole distance
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
with a splash; slap; slat; slam
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno
to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
carnivore; carnivorous animal
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
infiltration; permeation; exudation; percolation; effusion; extraction