indicate reason; infers some protest
goodness; excellence; virtue
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
thousand years; very long period; forever
to get strong; to gain strength
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
already; now; no longer; not any more
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to be needed; to be wanted
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed