interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to be found; to be discovered
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
obedience; submission; resignation
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to be transparent; to show through
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
how long; how far; how much
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
many; much; plenty; hardly
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to grow up; to become an adult
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
contest; comparison; competition
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
long time; long interval; for quite some time
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch