reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
way of calling (something or someone)
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
to remain married for life; to live as a married couple until death; to succeed in marrying
willing (even) to do; prepared to do; ready to do; not mind doing
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
long ago; a long time ago; already
way; method; means; resource; course
to force to do; to compel
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
demon of ill health; disease
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
you could say that; that might be so
soil texture; earth (in Wu Xing)
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
innumerable; countless; numberless
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
military doctor; army surgeon
prescription (of medicine); formula
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)