the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
family name; lineage; birth; clan
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to be the same; to coincide; to correspond
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up