sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
to despair of; to see the vanity of
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extraordinary; outrageous; unconditioned dharma
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
wandering; roaming; drifting
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
source of worry; source of distress
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
a long time ago; in those days
royal line; royal descendants
I don't know; I don't understand
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
perfectly in sync; in step (dancing); on the same wavelength
amorous adventure; love affair
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making
generously; liberally; magnanimously
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
thrown kiss; blown kiss; air kiss
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain