receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
teatime; tea break; coffee break
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
bluff; false show of power; bold front
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
one or two; a few; small number
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop