being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to some extent; to a certain extent
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
duty; obligation; responsibility
correction; revision; amendment
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
stupid face; foolish look on one's face
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
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
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
close; intimate; on good terms
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
rope; cord; policeman's rope
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)