cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
wicked thought; wicked mind
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
considerably; fairly; quite
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
whereabout; about where; how much
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
family; members of a family
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to take over; to hand over
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
kitchen; financial situation