with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
how; in what way; by what means
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
deceiving; cheating; fooling
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
hee hee hee; hi hi hi; chuckling; snickering
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation