absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
family-oriented; familial
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
only; merely; but; no more than
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
good correspondent; ready writer
generously; liberally; magnanimously
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
consideration; taking into account
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber