direct mail; direct message
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
difficult to ...; hard to ...
being startled; getting a shock
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to see through; to see the true nature of something
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
tune (melody, piece of music)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
within; inside of; less than
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
heart; guts; nerve; central part
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to tighten; to press hard
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
meaning; significance; sense
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
time; hour; period; class
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to close (one's eyes); to shut
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason