method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
way of speaking; intimation
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort