close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
rest; break; recess; intermission
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
such; like that; that sort of
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
feeling; sense; impression
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
now; the present time; just now; another; more
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
in its entirety; whole; wholly
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
for your information; I'm telling you
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you