next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
door; gate; opening; title page
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in that way; thus; so; so?
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through