sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
moving into (a city, etc.); transfer (to a new school)
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
majority group (party, faction)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
event; phenomenon; matter
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
continuation; succession; series; continuous
taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor
pleasant feeling; good vibes
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
octopus; octopus (backup second-stage diving regulator)
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
moving; touching; stirring
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to be too numerous; to be too much
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar