to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
how many people; a number of people
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
gender; distinction of sex; sex
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to intervene; to stop (something)
that; the matter in question
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to read the situation; to sense the mood
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
odds and ends; all; every
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
genuine article; real thing; real deal
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
continuation; succession; series
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...