good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
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
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
but; however; provided that
genuine article; real thing; real deal
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention