number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
even if not; even without
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
loveable; very likeable; like very much
chiffon cake; sponge cake
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to mix; to stir; to blend
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
answering machine; answer phone
call register; incoming call history; list of received calls
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
how can (one) do something
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why