a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
chief; main; principal; important
on bad terms; at loggerheads
on bad terms; at loggerheads
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
along the road; along the way
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
character building; formation of character; personality development
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to be flexible; to be accommodating
whereabout; about where; how much
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of