materials; data; document
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
individual; private person; personal; private
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
to be opposite; to face each other
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
to chase; to run after; to pursue
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
bright green; chartreuse green
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages