demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
every month; each month; monthly
to be erected; to be built
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to employ; to hire; to charter
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
due form; official; formality
heir; inheritor; successor
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
that is to say; so that means
imagination; supposition; guess
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to breathe out; to exhale
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
you (plural); all of you; you all
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back