-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to subsist; to keep on living
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
not necessarily so; is not always true
light (e.g. colour, color)
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
finish; completion; the end
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
choices; alternatives; options
aforementioned; above-mentioned
business manners; business etiquette
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run