fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
beyond one's means or position
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
strip show; striptease; stripping; removing one's clothes; strip (e.g. of wood)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to capture; to seize; to plunder
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
jokingly; in the form of a joke
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
fine weather; fair weather
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)