whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to be needed; to be wanted
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
together; at the same time; same; identical
to pick up; to find; to gather
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to be helpful; to be useful
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
putting out the light; switching off the light
I see; that's right; indeed
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
such; this sort of; like this
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits