unbelievable; incredible; implausible
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
founder; originator; pioneer
had better ...; had better not ...
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to steal or sneak or slip into
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
look; glance; (at first) sight
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
penalty; sentence; punishment
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
to become sexually aware; to awaken to sex
to take a veneer off something
perfectly white skin (woman); skin as white as snow
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly