method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to be born; to come into the world
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
senior high school student
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
student (esp. a university student)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
to ask; to enquire; to query
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
button (clothing); push-button
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah