December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
article; thing; object; property; real estate
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
(written) work; book; writings
to pull in (fish); to land
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
pointing out; identification
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
one's own child; one's own children
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
the real criminal; true culprit
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
whispering into a person's ear
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
main cause; primary factor
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to continue to increase; to continue to mount