lucky omen; happy; auspicious
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
heat of the day; hottest part of the day
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre
to stop midway; to interrupt
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
cocky; affected; pretentious; fresh; pompous
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
very small; tiny; insignificant
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
shortage; scarcity; dearth; famine
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
finding employment; getting a job
just one person; only one
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)