tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
corridor; hallway; passageway
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
what do you want?; can I help you?
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
storage room; store room; lumber room
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
just because; even if; even though
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to prostrate oneself before
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
breaking off; snapping off
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
if so; in that case; in that situation
shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)