to check; to stop; to keep back
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to become distant; to recede
thicket; coppice; brushwood
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
festival; feast; carnival
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
every year; yearly; annually
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
to rank next to; to come after
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
progress; advance; improvement; development
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to flare up; to burst into flames
refining; refinement; smelting; training
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea