Dictionary

winding; (fig.) complicated

to place; to put aside; to shelve

to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism

to obscure; to confuse; to mix up

rapid; sudden

to negotiate (with); to have dealings (with)

to think deeply; to ponder

carbon dioxide CO2

to improve (sth); to reform (a system)

to exert (effort or pressure)

private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval

grand; imposing; magnificent

to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about

island

nimble; quick; shrewd

and then (what follows next); and then; and thereby; and in turn

to simplify

idle; lazy

tasty; to taste good

heavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess

unavoidably; can't help; really

pool; pond

to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)

to remedy

to open up; to set up; to establish

unusual; abnormal

to size sb up; to look sb up and down; to take the measure of

to be in flood; to overflow (the banks); to inundate

general idea; main idea

to meet; meeting; conference

anxiety; anxious

dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable

to freeze; to solidify; to congeal

intention; purpose; intent

fountainhead; well-spring; water source

height above sea level; elevation

to rock; to shake; to sway

to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself

summer camp

trap; snare; trick

to violate; to offend

drought; arid; dry

blankly; vacantly; at a loss

reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly

to thwart; to obstruct (sth)

easy; with no difficulty

to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)

free; no charge; at no cost

petal; CL:片[pian4]

nature; temperament