today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
soccer club (at a school); football club
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
superior; superiors; senior
courteous; decorous; polite
good impression; favorable impression
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
(some) more; even more; longer; further
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
had better ...; had better not ...
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
really; truly; indeed; good grief
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern); umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive