cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
in the meanwhile; during the time
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
being left out; being ostracized
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
question; inquiry; asking
to be photographed; to be projected
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
development (of film); photographic processing
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
nothing but; none other than
to have orderly plans; to be systematic
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
profitable plan; good plan
different opinion; objection
place; room; margin; scope
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
suspicion (of others); jealousy
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply