to stop crying; to cry oneself out
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
(giving) instruction; initiation
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to get angry; to become perverse
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
cool; stylish; awesome; sick; sweet; dope
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
laughing while reminiscing
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
all (there is); as long as there is
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
star beautician; famous beautician
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of