shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
half and half; fifty-fifty
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
button (clothing); push-button
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
how; in what way; how about; questionable
how long; how far; how much
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do