query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
common people; ordinary people; masses
to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
somehow; for some reason or other
military forces; hosts; troops
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle
sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
general; popular; common; typical
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
(idle) ease; idleness; leisureliness
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
day after day; day by day
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
armory; armoury; ordnance department
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to tie; to fix; to attach
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
trial; judgement; judgment
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
January; first month of the lunar calendar