frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
chasing after women; womanizing
to be given up; to be discontinued
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
ring-cupped oak (Quercus glauca); Japanese blue oak
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
commerce; trade; business
everywhere; at every turn
president (of a society); chairman
business rival; professional jealousy
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
usurer; usury; loansharking
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
practical; realistic; pragmatic
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
on the right as one faces (it)
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting