stifled (laughter); simmering
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
in history; ever; historical
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
trial; hearing; inquiry; examination; interrogation
discretion; judgement; judgment
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to talk to oneself; to mutter
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
contrived; false-sounding
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to be consistent; to be coherent
more than usual (usu. time)
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear