good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
feeble-minded child; poor scholar
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
to have a reason; to have an excuse
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
way; course; the only way
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
ardent; passionate; vehement
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
divorce; unrealized marriage (prospects); unrealised marriage
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to leave of one's own accord