thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables; metacarpus
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
passage; path; route; one's way
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
same crime; being equally guilty
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to whine; to make feeble complaints
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
preparatory phase; preparatory period
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib