smooth (i.e. without problems)
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
hey there; I say; see here
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to complain; to lodge a complaint
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; (lit.) to grind sesame seeds
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
having no money; lack of money
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)