to be surprised; to be astonished
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
scene; spectacle; sight; view
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
jewel; gem; gem (of a story, essay, etc.); accomplished work; beautiful piece
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
should; must; -able; probably; likely
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to apologize; to apologise
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
by myself; in person; by oneself
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
obedience; submission; resignation
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
in the meanwhile; during the time
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
ago; since; before; previous
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
mule (animal); mule (women's footwear); spinning mule; Compton's mule
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)