hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
chorus (esp. in Greek drama); choir
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
cooperation; collaboration
physical condition; state of health
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
until now; so far; up to the present
to happen to meet; to come across
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally