to get information out of a person; to begin listening
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
how many years; how long; what year
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
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.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch