endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
superior; excellent; fine
article; thing; object; property; real estate
to have the privilege of doing
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
name; given name; first name
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
adds force or indicates command
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...