to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
by myself; in person; by oneself
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
colour; color; hue; tints
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
something; some kind of; for some reason
empress dowager; queen mother
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
thickness; profundity; depth
to differ; to vary; to disagree
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits