Lila is awkward, shy, well meaning and self-centered.
It is commonly known as malu-malu, meaning "shy" in Indonesian, and also as bukang or Kalamasan.
Despite this 'warpaint' the name given to the species derives from the Latin word timidus meaning "shy" or "fearful".
Together, it is just four seats shy of a majority, meaning it in all likelihood will choose the next prime minister, although Mr. Maliki, unpopular among his new allies, still faces an uphill battle to return.
Both regions focus more on participation and tutorials to stimulate discussion within the class whereas European, especially British universities, shy away from participation, meaning that teachers will sit and talk as if into into a video camera - very little interaction with the class.
Mark Zandi, the chief economist for Moody's Economy.com and an occasional White House adviser, told Congress on Thursday that the total kick from stimulus was just shy of 3.5%, meaning virtually all growth came from the government.
Meaning, be shy at the right moments, act optimistic, make cute noises occasionally.
In a quite baffling and frustrating manner, it was not a "story" but a compilation of revelations and commentary which shied away from the meaning of its own material.
For instance, a survey in 2004 by Cambridge University and Prudential, a big insurer, found that some 9m Britons are "financially phobic", meaning that "they shy away from anything to do with financial information, from bank statements to savings accounts to life assurance".
In the fourth quarter of 2007, for example, more than half the financial companies in the S.& P. 500 reported earnings that fell shy of Wall Street forecasts — meaning that analysts had failed to grasp the impact of the subprime mess.
