method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
each and all; every single one; everybody
close contact (with an infected person)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
very; extremely; excessively
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
washing machine (laundry)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise