to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to pick up; to find; to gather
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
going through; going via; going by way of
export; exportation; efferent
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
already; now; no longer; not any more
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
convenient; handy; useful
development; exploitation
many; numerous; various; large number of
like this; this sort; this way
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
meanwhile; in the meantime