to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
note (letter) left behind; will
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
splish-splash; with a splash
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
trouble; bother; annoyance
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
changing clothes; change of clothes
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
meeting; greeting; welcome
while; during (the time when)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)