story; tale; talk; discussion
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
the scruff or nape of the neck
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
right beside; close to; nearby
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
reading partway; leaving half-read
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker