outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
imagination; supposition; guess
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
distinction; differentiation; classification
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
first meeting; first interview with
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
please (give me); please (do for me)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
genuine article; real thing; real deal
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
foreign cinema; foreign film; a foreign movie
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
everything; anything; nothing
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
settlement; solution; resolution
mediator; manager; caretaker
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
existence; possession; having; limited company
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself