you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
study; research; investigation
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
probe each other; sound each other out
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
such ... as; or some such
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to be able to manage somehow or another
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing