thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
expectation; anticipation; forecast
drowning; flood; shipwreck
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
don't you think?; indicates question
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
number one; first; best; most; game; round
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
elementary, junior high and high school
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
the defence; defence side
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
tone (of argument); tenor; drift