ordering (materials); placing an order; order
one thin flat object; one sheet
to spend time (on doing something)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
counter for books; volume
book; volume; this; present; main; head
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
(some) more; even more; longer; further
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
adds force or indicates command
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good