to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
beginning; outset; first; onset
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to pick up; to find; to gather
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
depression; recession; slump
journal; magazine; periodical
ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn