to pass (of time); to elapse
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
treating someone like a child
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
rather; better; instead; if anything
unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to feel; to sense; to experience
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
pride; boast; credit (to)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
by any means, fair or foul
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)