skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
God; god; ace; king; superior person
sales; selling; marketing
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
ratio; proportion; percentage
unconditionally; as a rule
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
nostrils; wings of the nose
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
xiaolongbao (eastern Chinese steamed bun); soup dumpling
way of eating; how to eat
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
to say no more; to sink into silence
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
silence; stillness; quietness
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to this extent; to this degree; this much
heap; pile; stack; full measure