(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
I see; that's right; indeed
true character; true heart; true spirit
unfairness; injustice; partiality
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
die all together; go to the grave together
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to be needed; to be wanted
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right beside; close to; nearby
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
thunderous roar; roaring sound
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky