sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
single word; a few words; brief comment
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
naturally; of course; understandably
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
close; intimate; on good terms
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
nature; property; disposition
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
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
image; figure; figure; form; image
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
message; informative matter
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
second day of the month; two days
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable