this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
exclusive; attached to; specialist
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
is that so? (generally rhetorical)