firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
to pry; to prize; to prise
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
dozens; scores of; decades
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
have to do; must; should; ought to
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)