dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
while; even though; despite
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
malicious; deliberately mean
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
older sister; elder sister
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)