body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
question; inquiry; enquiry
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
raw materials; ingredients
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
rather; better; instead; if anything
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
ingredient; component; composition
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
had better ...; had better not ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
phrase; phrase; strawberry
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
somewhat thick; relatively thick; thickish; on the thick side
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside