poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
remaining silent; keeping secret
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
short-tempered person; irritable person
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
to have no chance (of succeeding)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
several people; a few people
particularly; only; in the case of
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
power; might; authority; influence
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to explain away; to answer evasively
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase