talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae); giant clam shell
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
not understanding; not knowing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
though; notwithstanding; although
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
drinking and eating too much
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
individual differences; personal equation
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
general; popular; common; typical
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
classification; categorization; sorting
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
being frank; going so far as to say
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically