parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
moo (sound of a cow); moo-cow; moo-moo
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
workshop; studio; atelier
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman