strangely; oddly; mysteriously
those present; attendance
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
order; sequence; procedure
entrance; admission; entering
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to lend an ear to; to listen to
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
to throw on the fire; to burn
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)