to cause laughter; to extract a smile
jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance; cave prison
to help up; to pick up; to bring safely to land
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
to continue to work; to work away (at)
my sincere congratulations; please accept my congratulations
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to throw oneself down; to lie down
violent (fight); slashing and striking; hand-to-hand
wicker basket; wickerwork basket
scale (i.e. hard water coating in a kettle, etc.); fur
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
as is habit; the way life normally is
Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
to walk in on; to tread upon
to join (a group); to join companions
living together (with one more person)
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to torture; to persecute; to excruciate
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
non-slip device (material, tread, etc.); non-skid; anti-slip; back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions); back-up choice; insurance choice
red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly