to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
programme; program; plans; arrangements
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
remaining; left-over; excess
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
half-sibling (with a different father)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
that's the way it is; such is life
general; popular; common; typical
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to attack; to assault; to assail
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
defense; defence; protection
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to turn towards; to point
too much; excessively; too
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness