I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
dozens; scores of; decades
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
honour; honor; glory; privilege
memory; ability to remember
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to have a talk; to tell a story
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
influence; effect; impact
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
empress (consort); queen (consort)
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner