to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
just because; even if; even though
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
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
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to pass (of time); to elapse
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
rather; better; instead; if anything
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
is that so?; I see; right; oh
if you think about it; come to think of it