being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
on bad terms; at loggerheads
on bad terms; at loggerheads
chief; main; principal; important
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to have an accident; to meet with an accident