caller; visitor; company; guest
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
what's that?; what the...
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
every evening; night after night
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to serve; to work for; to attend
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to escape death; to be saved from death
instead; but (on the other hand)
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
decision; judgment; resolution
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
rather; sooner; preferably
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
still; even now; to this day
to complete decisively; to do to completion
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
one's way back; one's way home
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
virgin; innocent young woman
to sell off; to sell completely
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step