unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
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 take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
the same; the said; likewise
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to take a breath; to take a short rest
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to look away; to avert one's eyes
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious