chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
encouragement; cheering (someone) up; restoring (someone) to consciousness; bringing (someone) around; restorative; stimulant
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
person to be reckoned with; person of importance; one person; one character; someone
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
how; in what way; in what manner
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
weather; fair weather; fine weather
evening meal; dinner; supper
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
complicated and mysterious
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
MacGuffin (plot device); McGuffin; maguffin
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to lose heart; to lose motivation
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
process; course; mechanism
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up
dead men tell no tales; the dead cannot speak in their own defense
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight