solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
while; even though; despite
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
(United States of) America; USA
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
evening meal; dinner; supper
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
hotcake; (American) pancake
transfer of a budget appropriation from one (government) section to another
indicate reason; infers some protest
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
recommendation; referral; endorsement
squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything