to try and do something; to attempt to do something
single word; a few words; brief comment
to apologize; to apologise
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
anything and everything; just about everything
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
forgetting; lapse of memory
to grimace; to make a wry face
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
really; truly; indeed; good grief
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to rush over; to run up to
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
race (of people); type of person
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)