that year; same year; same age
boy; son; baby boy; young man
(some) more; even more; longer; further
bed and food; eating and sleeping
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to follow advice; to act upon advice
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
quarrel; dispute; argument
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
since one was born; (in) all one's life
(not) even once; (not) ever
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
all-night vigil over a body; wake
wheat straw; barley straw
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
bent back; hunchback; stoop
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
(very) patient; persevering
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up