appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
year in, year out; always; 24-7
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
how long; how far; how much
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
place; situation; position; location
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
hello; good day; good afternoon
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling