a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
thin omelette cut into strips
undoubted; unmistakable; definite
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
general; popular; common; typical
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
cruelty; hard-heartedness
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to apologize; to apologise
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means