necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
sweatshirt; sweatpants; sweats; sweat
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
anything and everything; just about everything
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
periodic; regular; routine
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
it is not (like that) either
family; members of a family
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
custom; practice; convention; precedent
at first; initially; in the beginning
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
incident; affair; happening; event
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
beginning; outset; first; onset
to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
forcibly; against one's will
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
shady; underhanded; questionable
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)