essence; true nature; substance; reality
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
discovery; detection; finding
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
energy drink; nutritional supplement drink; vitamin drink
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
jumping to a wrong conclusion
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning