treating someone (to food or drink); dinner; wonderful food; (arch.) running about
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
(one's) younger brother; foolish younger brother
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
to keep secret; to conceal
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
to face on; to look out on to
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
incineration; destruction by fire
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
(your) choice; preference; wish
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
ruby; Jonathan apple; (arch.) glowing skin; (arch.) beautiful looks
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
correct answer; answering correctly; giving a correct answer
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
a laughingstock; a standing joke
cake served with tea; teacake
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)