to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
fixed date; appointed day
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to make a lasting impression
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
time; season; period; phase; stage
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
tone (of voice); manner of talking
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle