occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
(in) his way; peculiar to him
husband and wife; married couple
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
meaning; significance; sense
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
gem; jewel; precious stone
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
concreteness; feasibility
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon