amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
evening meal; dinner; supper
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
boathouse; ship's hold; hatch
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
scene; view; prospect; outlook
to exaggerate; to overstate
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
indescribable; having no way to express
to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
to sprinkle salt on; to salt
inland districts; inland areas
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
apt to think; tend to think
clingingly; (stuck) together; (pressed) all the way down; (flopping) down