here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
how; in what way; how about
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
human being; human; person; character (of a person)