to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
speaking voice; talking voice
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
love passionately; ardent love; devotion
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
difference; variation; difference
perpetual night; continuing all night
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
greater-than mark (>); right angle bracket