to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
contradiction; inconsistency
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
colored pencil; coloured pencil
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to paint (draw) a picture
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
confections; sweets; candy; cake
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to tear up and throw away
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to look forward to something
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to accept; to receive; to agree