to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)
high; noble; refined; advanced
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; GATT
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
husband and wife; married couple
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
food and drink; eating and drinking
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
dispersing; breaking up; running away
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to accompany; to go with; to go together
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
somehow or other; for some reason or another