to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
imagination; supposition; guess
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to be in order; to be right
real intention; true motive; true meaning
whatever (the case may be)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to recall; to remember; to recollect
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to choke; to have trouble breathing
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
fate; destiny; predestination
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to jar; to creak; to grate