why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to complain; to make a complaint
to go out and away; to leave
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
way of speaking; intimation
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
considerably; greatly; a lot
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to summon; to get used to call
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate