name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
innocent; not guilty; harmless
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
in comparison to; rather than
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
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
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate