to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to prevent; to take precautions
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
company; corporation; workplace
kitchen; financial situation
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
decision; determination; resolution
correction; revision; amendment
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to tighten; to press hard
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
environment; circumstance
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout