to feel hungry; to get hungry
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
center; centre; metropolis
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
insect bite; bug bite; sting
to succeed; to bear fruit
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
outward; superficial; external; apparent
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to fall ill; to be taken ill
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
to poke each other; to jab each other
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate