contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
to say no more; to sink into silence
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
false personation; misrepresentation of one's social position
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
demotion; relegation; downgrading
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
life imprisonment; life sentence
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
individual; private person; personal; private
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
to have the privilege of doing
chasing after women; womanizing
venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection; sexually transmitted disease; VD; STI; STD
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to be prolonged; to drag on
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough