Cochin (breed of chicken)
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to persuade someone to accept the inevitable
not taking the slightest notice (of); not giving the slightest consideration (to); paying absolutely no attention (to)
one of these days; someday; one day
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked; thrashing (an opponent); crushing; giving a drubbing
devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
falling rocks; fallen rocks
Island; insula; island; islet
Laputa (flying island in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift)
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
personification; anthropomorphization
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
double; twice (as much); twofold
largest class; top category
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
telecommunications; correspondence
dangerous position; peril
going upstream; swimming upstream
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire