door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
of course; certainly; naturally
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
school building; schoolhouse
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
by myself; in person; by oneself
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
myself; yourself; I; me; you
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to jar; to creak; to grate
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
while; during; while; although; all; both
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to stop walking; to pause
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to rock; to shake; to swing
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly