aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
boy; son; baby boy; young man
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
extremists; radicals; militants
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
on the occasion of; at the time of
to begin talking; to open up
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
stop it!; enough!; cut it out
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
successively; one after another
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
besides; in addition; also; moreover
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
the very best; excellent; superb
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
more than anything; above all else
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
preservation; retainment; keeping
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)