don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
one eye; one of one's eyes
to close (one's eyes); to shut
author; writer; novelist; artist
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
charming; fascinating; attractive
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
last scene (e.g. of a movie); closing scene
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
woman; female; feminine gender
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
no, not like that (but like this)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
surroundings; environs; circumference
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly