something; some kind of; for some reason
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
(one's) younger brother; foolish younger brother
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
contradiction; inconsistency
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
stifled (laughter); simmering
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to be reminded of; to call to mind
stimulating; exciting; provocative
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
to laugh away; to laugh off
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
hostility; animosity; enmity
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
resentment; indignation; anger
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound