to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
than; from; out of; except; but; more
police; police officer; police station
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
telephone call; telephone (device)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to stiffen; to become stiff
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
way; method; means; resource; course
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn