I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
natural calamity; disaster
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to grow weary; to get tired of
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
contrary to one's expectations
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
how many years; how long; what year
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
light; easy; non-serious; minor
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
successive generations; successive emperors
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
while; during (the time when)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
depravity; corruption; degradation
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to become completely chilled
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable