(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
dinner theater; dinner and a show
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
banquet or reception hall
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
each; (arch.) you (plural)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to make an appearance; to show up
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
reaction; response; reaction
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that