observation; survey; watching
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
your highness; your grace; your eminence
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
eccentric young person (esp. girl)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to ask; to enquire; to query
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
true character; true heart; true spirit
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to speak; to say; to vocalize
hard struggle; strenuous effort
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)