to pretend; to act (as if)
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to be a burden; to make trouble for someone
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
work clothes; business suit
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
for example; for instance; e.g.
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye