dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
electricity; (electric) light
excursion; field trip; school trip