direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
light brown; golden brown; tan
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
tone (of voice); manner of talking
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
large build; large pattern
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
clearing one's throat; cough
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
because of; owing to; due to