ceremony; rite; ritual; service
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
difficult to ...; hard to ...
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
stable boy; stable hand; groom
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life