river; stream; River; the ... river
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
spare time; free time; leisure
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
life; living; I; me; student
to pry; to prize; to prise
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief