attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
sentiment; sentimentality
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
violent emotion; passion; fury
to fall on one's backside
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
threat; intimidation; menace
sunlight filtering through trees
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
breathing of a sleeping person
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
speech and conduct; words and deeds
improved version; revised edition; refinement
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
that day; the very same day
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
large amount of money; great cost
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via