being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
people; men and women; each person; everybody
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to look around; to survey
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
general; popular; common; typical
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
around the world; throughout the world
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress