shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
difference; variation; difference
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
to some extent; to a certain extent
to care for someone; to look after someone
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
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)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
respect and affection; love and respect
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of