being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
material; materials; data; information; documents
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
acid; sourness; sour taste
deleterious substance; toxic substance
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
conducting wire; line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
steel; sword steel; sword
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
literature; books (reference); document
fake; something false; sham; deception
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
allegiance; obedience; submission
creation; Creation (by God)
research; study; investigation
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman