to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
clearing one's throat; cough
such; this sort of; like this
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
nothing but; except; no more than
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
both (people); the two of them
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude