to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to be boisterously noisy; to do merrily (laughing, chattering, etc.); to shimmer; to ripple; to sparkle
balmy breeze; summer breeze
pink (colour, color); peach
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
ordinary; plain; commonplace; usual; normal
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
summer heat; hot weather; (arch.) heatstroke
moisture; humidity; dampness
camphor (used as a cardiotonic drug); shot in the arm; stimulus; impetus
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
discomfort index; temperature-humidity index
this summer; next summer; last summer
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
abandoned building; derelict building
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
building company; construction company; architectural firm
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
old town; old part of a city