to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
impulse buying; impulse purchase
electronization; digitization; computerization
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
real experience; actual observations
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
Marquis de Sade (1740-1814; French writer and libertine)
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
matter causing distress; something causing worry
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
still; even now; to this day
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
disease; illness; disorder; condition; ailment
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
after school (at the end of the day)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to congratulate; to celebrate