middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
stage favorite; stage favourite; star
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
done; just done; just finished
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
orphan; person without friends
basket; basketball; basket cloth
back street; back alley; off-street
to pick up; to find; to gather
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
people; men and women; each person; everybody
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
place where one works; construction site; working area
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking