fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
study; diligence; discount; reduction
book; volume; this; present; main; head
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
club activities; extracurricular activities
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
school record (on a student); transcript (of grades); confidential report
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
feeling; sense; impression
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)