readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
of course; certainly; naturally
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come