to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
change; transformation; inversion
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
home; household; family; hearth
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
patience; endurance; perseverance
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to mix; to stir; to blend
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
menu; schedule; program; menu
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful