practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
settlement; solution; resolution
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
gossip; corner of the mouth
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
our country; our land; one's own country
to prostrate oneself before
financial power; financial means; wealth
to rank next to; to come after
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to boost; to force up; to push up
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
countermeasure; counter-measure
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up