indoor drying; hanging clothes to dry indoors
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
debt collection; debt collector
to keep (a person) waiting
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
young woman who has given up on love
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
(good or bad) feel when wearing something
half and half; fifty-fifty
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
copier paper; photocopying paper
to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)
to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
person of common sense; common sense man
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself
to be frank; to drop all pretense
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably