price of fame; penalty of greatness
sad to say; how sad; alas
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
having one's guard up; not showing weak points; (of women) resisting attempts of being hit on; being distrustful of potential love interests; prudish
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
amount of drink; one's drinking capacity
just because; even if; even though
four (long cylindrical things)
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
spare time; free time; leisure time
existence; being; life; survival
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable