consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
bad influence; negative influence
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
pounding (of one's heart); throbbing; thumping; heartily (eating); devouring; munching
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
decision; determination; resolution
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
failure; mistake; blunder
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
really; truly; indeed; good grief
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
with a start; with a jump
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade