to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
favourite aeroplane, camera or other machine (favorite, airplane)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
body; physical system; (the) person
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
as one pleases; to one's heart's content
rising; ascending; climbing
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)