material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
all you want; as much as one wants
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
right in the midst of; right at the height of
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
apropos of nothing; to change the subject
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
branch office; branch store
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
(crime of) inflicting bodily injury
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
great laughter; burst of laughter
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
telephone booth; telephone box
answering machine; answer phone