careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
(temporary) closure of school
to accept (a thing) with thanks
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to mix; to stir; to blend
to get out of bed; to show a leg
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
thinking little of one's family
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to put into effect; to put into practice
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
(not) so much; (not) that much
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month