to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
quilting; quilted coat; quilted clothes
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
is something that; is that which
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)