explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
rather; better; instead; if anything
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
indescribable; having no way to express
to make merry; to be festive
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to be silent; to say nothing
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to talk; to chat; to chatter
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
difficult to ...; hard to ...
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
for (some) doubtful points to remain
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
no, not like that (but like this)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed