being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
proud; triumphant; boastful
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
true character; true heart; true spirit
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
to kick over; to kick down
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
open; spacious; extensive
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
called; known as; that; to say
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
society; the world; the times
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)