to keep face; to save face; to not lose face
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
from the viewpoint of; according to
such; this sort of; like this
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
again; once again; yet again
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
silence (not speaking); muteness
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
tone (of voice); manner of talking
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
sub-; second-rate; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia
race (of people); type of person
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to serve; to work for; to attend
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees