mixed race; mixed parentage
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to alternate; to take turns
24 hours; twenty-four hours
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to make (a person) pay for (something)
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
original intention; initial resolution
successfully; with success
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
a long time ago; long before now
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
presumption; assumption; estimation
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
para para; disco dancing with synchronized arm motions
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs