to be surprised; to be astonished
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
particularly; only; in the case of
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
grasp; catch; understanding
one's house; one's home; one's family
to happen to meet; to come across
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
and yet; though; when; in spite of