to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
club activities; extracurricular activities
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
being argued into silence; being left speechless
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
large bathhouse with many different services; deluxe public bath
to overflow from something full
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
to give; to do (something) for
instead; but (on the other hand)
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
height (of body); stature
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
here and there; in places
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
trembling or quavering voice
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension