to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to gain fame; to make one's name
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
once upon a time; a long time ago
interest; rights; concession
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
family; relatives; dependents; household
nonconformist; dissenter; maverick; enfant terrible
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
deductive powers; reasoning capability; reasoning skill
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to pretend; to act (as if)
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to anticipate; to foresee
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to compete with; to vie for
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
about; concerning; related to; -ish