medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
freak (dancing, film, speed, etc.); enthusiast; deformed person, animal. etc.; freak; monster
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
probability; likelihood; chances
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
work; business; company; study
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
(police) detective; criminal matter
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
judgment paper; judgement paper
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
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...
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to repeat; to do something over again
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...