telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
family; members of a family
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
practice; practising; experience
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
expression; presentation; representation; notation
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
innumerable; countless; numberless
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
many; numerous; various; large number of
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
every month; each month; monthly