to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
such ... as; or some such
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
duty; function; office; mission; task
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to tighten; to press hard
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
deed; act; work; performance
technical skill; ability; capacity
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
offender; criminal; culprit
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
gesture; gesticulation; motion
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that