stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to feel; to sense; to experience
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to approach; to draw near
difficult to ...; hard to ...
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to be lacking in options; to be too few