meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to become dim; to become blurred
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to shake; to sway; to waver
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
as if; the very thing itself
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
without; but if; otherwise; or else
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to bend down with a round back
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
one's carriage; one's demeanor; agility; body movements
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
speech; expression; wording; language
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
reality; actuality; hard fact
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
verbal promise; one's word
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything