watermelon splitting (game)
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
proposal; proposition; suggestion
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii)
shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
evening meal; dinner; supper
fall of a castle; surrender of a castle; giving up (on something); giving in (to persuasion); yielding
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
schedule; program; calendar
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
Shiji (first of China's 24 dynastic histories); Records of the Grand Historian
series of biographies; lives
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table