cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to lose heart; to lose motivation
to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to spend time (on doing something)
having said that; on the other hand
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
to glare at each other; to confront each other
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
from the beginning; from scratch
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus
to call again; to call someone back
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
absence; disregard; indifference
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
a few years ago; some years back