perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
fortune-telling; divination
fortune-telling; divination
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
sadness; sorrow; grief; (arch.) affection; (arch.) love
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
exposure to the sun; sunny place
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
dispiritedness; dejection; languor; becoming flat (e.g. beer, carbonated drinks); becoming stale
contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)
to think too much of; to make too much of
joy; enjoyment; delight; pleasure
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
sympathy; compassion; pity
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
just one person; only one
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
on the occasion of; at the time of
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
mutual affection; mutual love
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
orphan; person without friends
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)