substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
falling over; toppling sideways
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
joke; playfulness; kidding around
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
bed and food; eating and sleeping
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
absence; disregard; indifference
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
lock-opening; lock-picking