call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
preparations for returning (home)
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
starting point; starting line
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
threatening letter; intimidating letter
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to raise one's voice; to shout
bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
interval; step; pitch; key
to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
one's life under medical treatment; (means and time spent) fighting against an illness
from the beginning; from scratch