to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
pressure; oppression; suppression
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
river; stream; River; the ... river
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to push aside; to push one's way through
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)