thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
this world; this life; world of the living
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
ago; since; before; previous
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
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
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
now; the present time; just now; another; more
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post