to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
product; produce; result; fruit
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
how; in what way; by what means
listless; languid; sluggish; irritating; exasperating; tiresome
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still