to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
silverware; silver tableware
tasteless, odorless and colorless
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
discovery; detection; finding
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
small grain; small stature or ability
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
moisture; humidity; dampness
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to