last week; the week before
wherein; therein; thereinto
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
near oneself; close to one; familiar
group; bunch; crowd; group
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
difference; variation; difference
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
acceleration; speeding up
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to force one's way through
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
shame; embarrassment; disgrace