overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
debut; initial stage appearance
clearing one's throat; cough
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to begin to grow light; to dawn
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
birth; creation; formation
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
(present) head of a family
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
polite; respectful; reverent
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret