to begin to walk; to set out
to pull together with the hands; to adjust (e.g. one's collar); to arrange
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
suited figure; person in a suit
it's been a long time; long time no see
it is I who should say so
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
in order; in turn; one by one
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy