to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to have a talk; to tell a story
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
24 hours; twenty-four hours
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
invisibly; secretly; privately
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp
trio; gang of three; threesome
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
end of the world; farthest corner of the earth
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
after a long time; for the first time in a while
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
to leave (a scene); to step away
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
to become settled; to be fixed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
interference; intervention; meddling
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)