candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
suffix for familiar person
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
really; truly; indeed; good grief
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
personal criticism; character sketch
self-questioning; to self-question; to rethink; to reflect on oneself
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to be worried; to be troubled
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly