silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
meaning; significance; sense
to hide; to keep to oneself
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
adds force or indicates command
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
eruption; volcanic eruption
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to be away from home; to be out of the house
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
older brother; elder brother
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that