every year; yearly; annually
foreign; abroad; overseas
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
story; tale; talk; discussion
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride; relying on (someone); being (financially) dependent on
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
fire lit on a boat to lure fish at night
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably