to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
negotiations; discussions; connection
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
All Seats Sold, Thank You; full house; sell-out crowd
and; thereupon; because of that
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
older sister; lass; young lady
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
piece; fragment; one (object)
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
of no interest; not interested
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
contrivance; to invent; to devise; to think out
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
good performance; good work; great success
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...