moment by moment; hour by hour
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
office job; clerical work
morality; moral principles
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
distant look; faraway look
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
serious look (on one's face); straight face
plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
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
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
deworming medicine; anthelmintic
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)