good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
water's edge; waterside; shore
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
screening (a movie); showing
busy; having no time (for)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to intend; to be sure that
small restaurant; eating house
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
recovery; return to form; regaining one's (usual) form; demodulation
sympathy; compassion; pity
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
to be hot on a person's heels
to correct oneself; to restate
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)