to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
how; in what way; by what means
such; like that; that sort of; very
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
summer cold (illness); summer flu
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)