(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
knowing; (an) acquaintance
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
sensual love; love affair
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)