fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
story; tale; talk; discussion
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
cooking class; cookery school
arm; skill; efforts; ability
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
to entertain; to make welcome
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
reader model; amateur model who appears in fashion magazines
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; spasm of pain; griping pain
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to bring back; to restore