method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
such; this sort of; like this
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
in that way; thus; so; so?
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
danger; peril; hazard; risk
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
together; at the same time; same; identical
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
by myself; in person; by oneself
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
treating someone like a child
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...