to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
primary school; elementary school; grade school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
genuine article; real thing; real deal
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
neighbourhood; neighborhood
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
go on!; right!; here goes!
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
raging fire; conflagration
at that time; in those days
continuous; nonstop; consecutive; ceaseless
sympathy; empathy; response
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
whispering into a person's ear
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...