to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
sweet and sour; bittersweet
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
economical; comparatively cheap
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
chit; sales slip; voucher
please take care of yourself; please be careful not to... (concerning one's health or well-being)
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
forest fire; bushfire; wildfire
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
water (hydraulic) pressure
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
outward appearance; apparent
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent
(not) even once; (not) ever
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing