fixed fitting (esp. window)
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
personal (employee); employed; retained
enchanting melody; sweet tune
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
tension; tensile strength
conservative; regressive; backward-looking; unenterprising
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
security guard; doorkeeper
recollection; reminiscence
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
to get change back; to be more than enough
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
otherwise; or else; if not
successively; one after another
wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; mischief; despicable acts
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
litchi (Nephelium litchi); lychee; bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd; Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to force open; to push open
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind)