no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
next term; next period; next version; next release
company president; manager; director
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
videotape recorder; VTR; video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
meaning; significance; sense
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
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
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive