stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
twice; again; second time
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
good or bad luck; fortune
in the same way as; just like
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
to lose one's way; to get lost
sudden change; complete change
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to laugh away; to laugh off
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
influencing (a person) for good
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various