valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
longing for; burning desire
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
troublesome; annoying; complicated
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
stuffing oneself with food; eating enough to go without food for some time
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to put into the mouth; to eat
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to mark the end; to spell the end