straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
genuine article; real thing; real deal
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
one-by-one; separately; in detail
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
considerably; greatly; a lot
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
such; like that; that sort of; very
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
such; this sort of; like this
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential