medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
father; dad; husband; you; he
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
reason; cause; circumstances
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
all; entire; whole; altogether
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
due form; official; formality
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps