liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
memories; recollections; reminiscence
contradiction; inconsistency
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
yearned for; longed for; missed
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to stop walking; to pause
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to make an appeal; to urge
proponent; exponent; advocate
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to become hoarse; to become husky
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
process; course; mechanism
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
intelligence network; information network
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to form a pair; to pair up
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
because; the reason is; if you want to know why