but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
nothing but; none other than
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
two guilty parties tried and punished together
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to have (something) innate; to be born with
one's family (home) background (environment)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
question; inquiry; enquiry
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to be worried; to be troubled
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
the other day; a few days ago
to say no more; to sink into silence
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
friendship; companionship; fraternity; comradeship
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
choices; alternatives; options
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
in that way; like that; that way
about; concerning; related to; -ish
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for