cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
with a chuckle; with a giggle
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to shake; to sway; to waver
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
thought; idea; conception
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)