laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurd; nonsensical
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
either way; in any case; one way or another
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
bank; banking institution
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
just past noon; afternoon
schedule; program; calendar
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
older sister; lass; young lady
then; and (then); in that case; if so
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess