way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
in this way; thus; such; uh...
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
name; given name; first name
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to happen to meet; to come across
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to be damaged; to receive damage
southern part; the south (of a region)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
royal capital; imperial capital
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
matter of time; question of time
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)