humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
bombshell announcement (statement)
sympathy; compassion; pity
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
eternal; unlimited; endless
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
how; in what way; by what means
to read the situation; to sense the mood
ingredient; component; composition
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable
to prevent; to take precautions
root; source; origin; cause
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral