reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to subsist; to keep on living
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
now that you say that; now that you mention it
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
frail; flimsy; insubstantial; insignificant; lacking gravitas
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
quiet; still; surreptitious
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
about this time; about now
one's family; family member
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
extended leave; long vacation
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
several people; a few people
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
another (person); the other person; one more (person)