hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
sincere; honest; faithful
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
too much; excessively; too
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to repeat; to do something over again
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
(fish) biting at every cast
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
originally; by nature; from the start
to trace back to (the origins of something)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at