to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
supplement; appendix; addendum
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
danger; peril; hazard; risk
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
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to apologize; to apologise
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be forward; to be impertinent
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
at once; immediately; right now
this and that; one thing or another
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather