to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to erase all trace of something
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
floor above; floor upstairs
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
the ocean; the great deep
French; French food; French cuisine
arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
suddenly; all of a sudden
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to become frayed; to become loose
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
dripping; trickling; wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.); (arch.) (moving) slowly
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
cheap article; poor quality article