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(phr.) set the whole room roaring a general outbreak of laughter

(v.) set off by contrast, juxtapose

(v.) to bomb

(adj.) flourishing, prosperous

(n.) (commerce) extra dividend; bonus; profit

(adj.) (of voice) loud and powerful

(adj.) rosy, ruddy

(adj.) rosy (skin, cheeks, etc), ruddy

(n.) sweet potato

(v.) carry forward, promote

(adj./n.) auxiliary; reserve

(n.) trunk

(n.) support, backup force

(n.) later generations, offsprings

(n.) background, backstage; backstage support

(adj.) follow-up

(n.) candidate

(n.) medical after-effects, repercussions of an illness

(n.) descendant, offspring

(v.) shout, cry; breathe out; call, page | (onomat.) howling sound (of wind, etc.)

(v.) call for help

(phr.) sometimes hot and sometimes cold (sudden changes of temperature; sudden changes in one's affection)

(n.) cry, shout, voice

(v.) echo, act in cooperation with each other

(v.) flicker, sway; jerk sb around, bamboozle, hoodwink

(v./n./adj.) to stick with paste; paste; gruel (food made flour and maize); (of food) burnt (variant of 煳) | (v.) to...

(n.) fox

(v.) mess about, play monkey tricks

(idiom.) indulge in wild flights of fancy, let one's mind wander, daydream

(v.) protect; be partial to

(v.) to mutually complement

(v.) to nurse, attend to, take care of

(n.) flowers and plants

(n.) decorative design

(n.) style, design, pattern

(adj.) (spoken) worthwhile, cost-effective

(adj.) funny, comical

(adj.) in uproar, commotion, causing a storm of protest, tumultuous

(n.) ethnic Chinese, Chinese born in foreign countries

(adj.) worthwhile; cost-effective, being a good deal