to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
innocent; cherubic; childlike
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
while; even though; despite
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
same; similar; (just) like; equal
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
counter for books; volume
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach