lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to blow through; to blow across
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
sunlight filtering through trees
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
condition; figure; appearance; voice
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
how; in what way; by what means
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to throw oneself down; to lie down
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
alone; unaided; away from home
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
another kind; distinct species; variety