festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
official name; formal name
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
when; at what moment; what time
only; merely; but; no more than
writing; composition; essay; sentence
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
whatever the case; under any circumstances
secretive; mysterious; furtive; stealthy; clandestine; sneaky
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know