time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
Taiwanese (language); Taiwanese Hokkien
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
one way or the other; either way
government office; public office
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
history of; experience of
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
two persons; two people; pair; couple
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
in that way; like that; that way
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to have the privilege of doing
greeting; a fine thing to say
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
husband and wife; married couple
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to subsist; to keep on living
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
company president; manager; director
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on